How common is the surname Gentry?

43,027 people in the United States had the surname Gentry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,176 Americans. It ranked 806th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gentry?

Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter (born 1942), followed by Antonia Gentry.

Where is the surname Gentry most common?

Wikidata records people named Gentry in the United States.

Is the surname Gentry getting more or less common?

More common. 42,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,027 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Gentry

A surname, carried by 43,027 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gentry is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 43,027 people named Gentry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,176 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 42,357.

#806

rank among US surnames

43,027

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #741)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#797	Browning	43,329	7,126
#798	Stout	43,305	7,130
#799	Lowery	43,278	7,134
#800	Sloan	43,261	7,137
#801	McLean	43,260	7,137
#802	Hendricks	43,197	7,147
#803	Calhoun	43,180	7,150

Who is named Gentry

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

82% of people named Gentry identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gentrys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bobbie Gentry
American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
Antonia Gentry
American actress, born 1998
Alvin Gentry
American basketball coach, born 1954
Alwyn Howard Gentry
American botanist (1945-1993)
Howard Scott Gentry
American botanist (1903-1993)
Craig Gentry
American baseball player, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gentry

Gentry has the Soundex code G536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G536.

Questions

How common is the surname Gentry?: 43,027 people in the United States had the surname Gentry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,176 Americans. It ranked 806th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gentry?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Gentry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gentry?: Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter (born 1942), followed by Antonia Gentry.
Where is the surname Gentry most common?: Wikidata records people named Gentry in the United States.
Is the surname Gentry getting more or less common?: More common. 42,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,027 in 2010, up 1.6%.