How common is the surname Forry?

1,276 people in the United States had the surname Forry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,964 Americans. It ranked 20,727th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Forry?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Forry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Forry getting more or less common?

More common. 1,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,276 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Forry

A surname, carried by 1,276 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Forry is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,276 people named Forry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,964 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,241.

#20,727

rank among US surnames

1,276

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,006)

Who is named Forry

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

97% of people named Forry identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Forry

Forry has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

Questions

How common is the surname Forry?: 1,276 people in the United States had the surname Forry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,964 Americans. It ranked 20,727th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Forry?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Forry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Forry getting more or less common?: More common. 1,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,276 in 2010, up 2.8%.