# Dryer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dryer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,019 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,607 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 102,267 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (3,020 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dryer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dryer in the United States.

## People named Dryer

- Fred Dryer, American football player and actor (born 1946)
- Thomas J. Dryer, American politician (1808-1879)

## Similar surnames

Dreyer, Drayer, Dreher, Drewry, Dreier, Drewery, Drury, Deherrera.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.