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    The surname Dryer

    A surname, carried by 3,019 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D660

    Dryer: #10,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dryer #10,607, 3,019 people Dryer: #10,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dryer #10,607, 3,019 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dryer is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,019 people named Dryer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,267 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,020.

    #10,607
    rank among US surnames
    3,019
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #9,865)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,598Chumley3,022102,166
    #10,601Boice3,021102,200
    #10,603Hugo3,020102,234
    #10,607Kollar3,019102,267
    #10,613Kelch3,018102,301
    #10,614Boateng3,017102,335
    #10,615Vila3,016102,369

    Who is named Dryer

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

    88% of people named Dryer identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dryers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dryer

    Dryer has the Soundex code D660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D660.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dryer?
    3,019 people in the United States had the surname Dryer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,267 Americans. It ranked 10,607th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dryer?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Dryer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dryer?
    Fred Dryer, American football player and actor (born 1946), followed by Thomas J. Dryer.
    Where is the surname Dryer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dryer in the United States.
    Is the surname Dryer getting more or less common?
    About as common. 3,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,019 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.