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    The surname Peery

    A surname, carried by 4,620 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P600

    Peery: #7,224 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Peery #7,224, 4,620 people Peery: #7,224 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Peery #7,224, 4,620 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peery is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,620 people named Peery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,828 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,177.

    #7,224
    rank among US surnames
    4,620
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.6%
    change since 2000 (was #7,347)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,220Buckles4,62366,785
    #7,221Spector4,62266,799
    #7,223Balbuena4,62166,814
    #7,224Shealy4,62066,828

    Who is named Peery

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

    87% of people named Peery identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Peerys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • George C. Peery
      American Democratic politician, and Governor of Virginia, 1934-1938

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peery

    Peery has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Peery?
    4,620 people in the United States had the surname Peery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,828 Americans. It ranked 7,224th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peery?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Peery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Peery?
    George C. Peery, American Democratic politician, and Governor of Virginia, 1934-1938.
    Where is the surname Peery most common?
    Wikidata records people named Peery in the United States.
    Is the surname Peery getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,177 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,620 in 2010, up 11%.