The surname O'Berry
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,829 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex O160
Origin
Irish origin
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Béara (“descendant of Béara”), a personal name of unexplained origin.
O'Berry is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,829 people named O'Berry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,806 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,687.
Who is named O'Berry
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named O'Berry identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 82%
- Black (not Hispanic) 11%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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O'Berry has the Soundex code O160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O160.
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Questions
- Where does the surname O'Berry come from?
- Anglicized form of Irish Ó Béara (“descendant of Béara”), a personal name of unexplained origin.
- How common is the surname O'Berry?
- 1,829 people in the United States had the surname O'Berry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,806 Americans. It ranked 15,898th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname O'Berry?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named O'Berry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is O'Berry?
- O'Berry is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname O'Berry getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,829 in 2010, up 8.4%.