How common is the surname Flory?

5,243 people in the United States had the surname Flory in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,887 Americans. It ranked 6,479th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Flory?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Flory identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Flory?

Paul Flory, American chemist (1910-1985).

Where is the surname Flory most common?

Wikidata records people named Flory in the United States.

Is the surname Flory getting more or less common?

More common. 5,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,243 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Flory

A surname, carried by 5,243 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flory is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,243 people named Flory in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,887 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,238.

#6,479

rank among US surnames

5,243

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,037)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,470	Aronson	5,247	58,842
#6,474	Grow	5,246	58,854
#6,476	Uhl	5,244	58,876
#6,479	Flory	5,243	58,887
#6,480	Esteban	5,240	58,921
#6,482	Baier	5,238	58,943
#6,483	Child	5,237	58,955

Who is named Flory

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

95% of people named Flory identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Florys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Flory
American chemist (1910-1985)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flory

Flory has the Soundex code F460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F460.

Questions

How common is the surname Flory?: 5,243 people in the United States had the surname Flory in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,887 Americans. It ranked 6,479th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flory?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Flory identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Flory?: Paul Flory, American chemist (1910-1985).
Where is the surname Flory most common?: Wikidata records people named Flory in the United States.
Is the surname Flory getting more or less common?: More common. 5,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,243 in 2010, up 0.1%.