How common is the surname Garry?

3,439 people in the United States had the surname Garry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,778 Americans. It ranked 9,461st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Garry getting more or less common?

More common. 3,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,439 in 2010, up 1.0%.

Is Garry also a first name?

Yes. Garry is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Garry

A surname, carried by 3,439 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garry is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,439 people named Garry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,778 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,405.

#9,461

rank among US surnames

3,439

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #8,848)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726
#9,458	Borrelli	3,440	89,752
#9,461	Hoban	3,439	89,778
#9,464	Cavallo	3,438	89,804
#9,466	Poulson	3,437	89,830

Who is named Garry

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

77% of people named Garry identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garry

Garry has the Soundex code G600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G600.

Questions

How common is the surname Garry?: 3,439 people in the United States had the surname Garry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,778 Americans. It ranked 9,461st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garry?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Garry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Garry getting more or less common?: More common. 3,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,439 in 2010, up 1.0%.
Is Garry also a first name?: Yes. Garry is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.