# Petry (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/petry/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,538 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,178 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,750 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (5,300 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, first attested as Medieval Latin Petrus (“Peter”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Petry in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Petry in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Petry

- Jeff Petry, American ice hockey player
- Irène Pétry, Belgian judge and politician (1922-2007)

## Similar surnames

Peter, Petrie, Petro, Petri, Petree, Petrey, Petre, Pettry, Potter, Pedro, Pitre, Piedra.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.