How common is the last name Terry?

83,406 people in the United States have the last name Terry, about 1 in 3,584. It ranks #372 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

TERRY

#372

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
83,406
About
1 in 3,584
This common or more
28.8%
Who bears it

Of the 83,406 people with the last name Terry, 63.4% reported their origin as White, 26.8% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Terry

#370 Vaughn · 83,826#371 Love · 83,691#373 Chang · 83,382#374 Lara · 83,110

Spelled almost the same

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

#22,171 Terra · 1,193#83,650 Terro · 242#98,894 Terre · 196#102,982 Terri · 186#120,768 Terrey · 151

Also a first name

As a first name, Terry ranks #125 of 53,615, with 376,955 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1955, with 20,939 births. See Terry as a first name

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