Last Name CHERRY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the cherry, from residence by a cherry-tree.
Origin English, Jewish, Native American, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank 922 (2000 US census) 780 (1990 US census)
Count 34,615 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 60.87%, or 21070 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 34.98%, or 12108 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.51%, or 177 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.44%, or 152 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.81%, or 627 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.38%, or 478 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

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