How common is the surname Sherry?

7,271 people in the United States had the surname Sherry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,463 Americans. It ranked 4,846th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sherry?

J. Barney Sherry, American actor (1874-1944).

Where is the surname Sherry most common?

Wikidata records people named Sherry in the United States.

Is the surname Sherry getting more or less common?

More common. 7,253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,271 in 2010, up 0.2%.

Is Sherry also a first name?

Yes. Sherry 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 Sherry

A surname, carried by 7,271 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S600 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). Sherry is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,271 people named Sherry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,463 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,253.

#4,846

rank among US surnames

7,271

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,505)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,837	Das	7,289	42,358
#4,838	Lowman	7,284	42,387
#4,839	McKeon	7,283	42,393
#4,840	Creighton	7,282	42,398
#4,841	Knudson	7,278	42,422
#4,842	Walling	7,275	42,439
#4,843	Chi	7,273	42,451

Who is named Sherry

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

92% of people named Sherry identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sherrys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

J. Barney Sherry
American actor (1874-1944)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Cheri
Sheri
Sherri

Surnames that sound like Sherry

Sherry has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

How common is the surname Sherry?: 7,271 people in the United States had the surname Sherry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,463 Americans. It ranked 4,846th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sherry?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sherry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sherry?: J. Barney Sherry, American actor (1874-1944).
Where is the surname Sherry most common?: Wikidata records people named Sherry in the United States.
Is the surname Sherry getting more or less common?: More common. 7,253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,271 in 2010, up 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Sherry?: Cheri, Sheri and Sherri.
Is Sherry also a first name?: Yes. Sherry 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.