Embry Surname
Approximately 11,422 people bear this surname
Embry Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'the descendant of Emery', a word that menas 'work' or 'rule'. It began in the town of Embrough in Devon.
Embry Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,685 | 1:33,922 | 4,242 |
| France | 266 | 1:249,709 | 38,568 |
| Chile | 172 | 1:102,421 | 3,844 |
| Australia | 127 | 1:212,565 | 20,555 |
| England | 59 | 1:944,374 | 47,923 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 93 | 1:262,101 | 18,696 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:46,130 | 2,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,396 | 1:35,973 | 4,266 |
Embry (265) may also be a first name.
Embry Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'the descendant of Emery', a word that menas 'work' or 'rule'. It began in the town of Embrough in Devon.
- casembryEmbry Demographics
Average Male Embry Height
177.43 cm
Average Female Embry Height
162 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Embry Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Embry Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Embry (Arabic: امبري) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Embry? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 45,434th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 638,027 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Embry reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Embry is also the 546,451st most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 265 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 10,685 people, or 1 in 33,922. In The United States it is most frequent in: Kentucky, where 25 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and Indiana, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States it is found in 34 countries. It is also found in France, where 2 percent live and Chile, where 2 percent live.
Embry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Embry has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Embry last name expanded 765 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 37 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Embry Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Embry last name are 26.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.82% registered with the party.
The amount Embry earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.32% more than the national average, earning 489,063 kr per year; in United States they earn 10.21% less than the national average, earning $38,744 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.28% more than the national average, earning $54,788 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Embry Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Embry in the Arabic language | ||
| امبري | ambry | - |
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Embry Reference & Research
Emery (all spellings DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Emery (all spellings FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Embry
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