How rare is the last name Ivory?

6,988 people in the United States have the last name Ivory, about 1 in 42,773. It ranks #4,894 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

IVORY

#4,894

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,988
About
1 in 42,773
This common or more
58.2%
Who bears it

Of the 6,988 people with the last name Ivory, 69.3% reported their origin as Black, 21.4% as White and 5.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ivory

#4,892 Grim · 6,990#4,893 Talbott · 6,989#4,895 Mickelson · 6,985#4,896 Westphal · 6,984

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,705 Ivery · 2,320#133,930 Ivry · 131

Also a first name

As a first name, Ivory ranks #2,318 of 53,615, with 11,058 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 840 births. See Ivory as a first name

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