Garry Surname
Approximately 12,122 people bear this surname
Garry Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Geri.' A personal name as old as Domesday. Uxor Geri was a tenant-in-chief in Gloucestershire. Lower gives both Gery and Geri as Domesday forms. Both occur frequently in the Hundred Rolls.
Read More About This SurnameGarry Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,606 | 1:78,693 | 8,984 |
| France | 1,722 | 1:38,573 | 4,792 |
| Ireland | 1,166 | 1:4,039 | 689 |
| England | 1,145 | 1:48,662 | 6,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 688 | 1:11,851 | 1,085 |
| Mali | 581 | 1:29,207 | 949 |
| Australia | 510 | 1:52,933 | 6,534 |
| Canada | 386 | 1:95,455 | 10,394 |
| Scotland | 217 | 1:24,672 | 2,711 |
| India | 173 | 1:4,433,904 | 116,010 |
| New Zealand | 143 | 1:31,667 | 5,500 |
| Indonesia | 111 | 1:1,191,434 | 84,297 |
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Northern Ireland | 69 | 1:26,740 | 2,917 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Philippines | 59 | 1:1,715,902 | 111,316 |
| Chile | 53 | 1:332,386 | 9,362 |
| Russia | 49 | 1:2,941,287 | 160,625 |
| Argentina | 30 | 1:1,424,780 | 80,162 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Haiti | 6 | 1:1,780,651 | 14,597 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | 1:17,274 | 1,698 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 681 | 1:6,505 | 1,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 438 | 1:55,652 | 6,609 |
| Scotland | 102 | 1:36,698 | 2,892 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 949 | 1:52,917 | 5,970 |
Garry (188,668) may also be a first name.
Garry Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Geri.' A personal name as old as Domesday. Uxor Geri was a tenant-in-chief in Gloucestershire. Lower gives both Gery and Geri as Domesday forms. Both occur frequently in the Hundred Rolls.
Richard Jery, Hampshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John Cery, Bedfordshire, ibid.
Nicholas Gery, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Dionise Geri, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Walter Geri, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
1521. Thomas Jary, vicar of Binham, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.
1645. Married — John Barnes and Dorithy Geary: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).
1646. — John Gerey and Elizabeth Sabin: St Peter, Cornhill.
1745. — John Comey and Elizabeth Geary: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-French-Teut.) a weak form of Garrick, q.v. (Celtic) 1 for (a) the Irish Mag Shearraigh (Sh- mute) == Son of Shearrach.
(b) the Irish Mag Garaidh (dh mute) = Son of Garadh.
2 (Celtic) Rough, Rude [Irish and Gaelic garbhach-Welsh garw) 3 Dweller at a Garden [Gaelic garradh = Irish garrdha (dh mute)]
Mag Fhearadhaigh Akin to the MacHughs of east Connacht in Cos. Leitrim and Roscommon.
IF 155; Plate XII
(Irish) Grandson of Gadhra (hound or hunting dog).
An old personal name. Uxor Geri was a tenant-in-chief in co. Gloucester. Domesd. Gery, Geri. Domesd.
Local. A town in Scotland.
Geary was the name of the rector of Swepston in the middle of the 17th century. Thomas Geary, prebendary, was patron of the chapelry of Knighton in 1734. There was a Lindley family of this name last century. William Geary, an opulent farmer of Old Hays, died in 1795 (N.).
Garry Demographics
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Garry Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garry Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garry (Marathi: गरयर्) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garry? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 42,938th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 601,183 people. Garry occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Garry live; 41 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 5,557th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 188,668 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4,606 people, or 1 in 78,693. In The United States Garry is mostly found in: New York, where 13 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and South Dakota, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 81 countries. It is also found in France, where 14 percent are found and Ireland, where 10 percent are found.
Garry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Garry has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Garry surname expanded 485 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 171 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it expanded 261 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 213 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Garry Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Garry last name are 5.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Garry earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 316.12% more than the national average, earning $94,469,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.65% more than the national average, earning $47,315 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.88% more than the national average, earning $53,596 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garry Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garry in the Marathi language | ||
| गरयर् | garayar | - |
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