How common is the surname Dewberry?

3,960 people in the United States had the surname Dewberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,966 Americans. It ranked 8,361st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dewberry getting more or less common?

More common. 3,800 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,960 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Dewberry

A surname, carried by 3,960 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dewberry is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,960 people named Dewberry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,966 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,800.

#8,361

rank among US surnames

3,960

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,049)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,353	Ambrosio	3,963	77,907
#8,356	Hiles	3,962	77,927
#8,359	Brunk	3,961	77,946
#8,361	Mounts	3,960	77,966
#8,364	Taliaferro	3,959	77,986
#8,365	Schade	3,958	78,005
#8,368	Popovich	3,957	78,025

Who is named Dewberry

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

48% of people named Dewberry identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 48%
White (not Hispanic) 46%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dewberry

Dewberry has the Soundex code D160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D160.

Questions

How common is the surname Dewberry?: 3,960 people in the United States had the surname Dewberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,966 Americans. It ranked 8,361st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dewberry?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Dewberry identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dewberry getting more or less common?: More common. 3,800 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,960 in 2010, up 4.2%.