How common is the surname Sperry?

7,760 people in the United States had the surname Sperry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,787 Americans. It ranked 4,569th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sperry?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sperry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sperry?

Roger Sperry, American neuroscientist, followed by Lawrence Sperry.

Where is the surname Sperry most common?

Wikidata records people named Sperry in the United States.

Is the surname Sperry getting more or less common?

More common. 7,605 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,760 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Sperry

A surname, carried by 7,760 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sperry is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,760 people named Sperry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,787 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,605.

#4,569

rank among US surnames

7,760

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #4,323)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,560	Choe	7,776	39,705
#4,561	Barrows	7,773	39,720
#4,562	Dvorak	7,771	39,730
#4,563	Alejandro	7,770	39,736
#4,565	Keim	7,769	39,741
#4,567	Hitt	7,762	39,777
#4,568	Lapp	7,761	39,782

Who is named Sperry

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

95% of people named Sperry identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sperrys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roger Sperry
American neuroscientist, 1913–1994
Lawrence Sperry
American aviation pioneer, 1892–1923

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sperry

Sperry has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

Questions

How common is the surname Sperry?: 7,760 people in the United States had the surname Sperry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,787 Americans. It ranked 4,569th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sperry?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sperry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sperry?: Roger Sperry, American neuroscientist, followed by Lawrence Sperry.
Where is the surname Sperry most common?: Wikidata records people named Sperry in the United States.
Is the surname Sperry getting more or less common?: More common. 7,605 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,760 in 2010, up 2.0%.