# Emery (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 25,839 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,365 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,949 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (25,338 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛm(ə)ɹi/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Amery, Amory, Emory |

## Etymology

From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Emery 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) | 5.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Emery in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Spain.

## People named Emery

- Julie Ann Emery, American actress
- Gideon Emery, British actor
- John Emery, American actor (1905–1964)
- Vic Emery, Bobsledder and businessman
- Gilbert Emery, American actor (1875-1945)
- Audrey Emery, American socialite (1904-1971)
- Brent Emery, American cyclist
- Lisa Emery, American actress
- David F. Emery, American politician from Maine
- Antonio Emery Arocena, association football player (1905-1982)
- Ann Emery, British actress (1930-2016)
- Lynn LeMay, American pornographic actress and adult model

## Similar surnames

Emory, Emmer.

## 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.