How common is the last name Gary?

20,528 people in the United States have the last name Gary, about 1 in 14,561. It ranks #1,710 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GARY

#1,710

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
20,528
About
1 in 14,561
This common or more
45.9%
Who bears it

Of the 20,528 people with the last name Gary, 46% reported their origin as Black, 44.5% as White and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Gary

#1,708 Lima · 20,554#1,709 Voss · 20,531#1,711 Thacker · 20,511#1,712 Hoyt · 20,500

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gary, most common first.

#2,491 Garay · 14,136#9,578 Garry · 3,246#11,273 Garr · 2,680#11,459 Garey · 2,630#34,261 Gara · 713#42,381 Garo · 551#53,327 Gar · 419#55,632 Gari · 398

Also a first name

As a first name, Gary ranks #58 of 53,615, with 656,593 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1952, with 38,839 births. See Gary as a first name

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