Perry Surname Meaning & Statistics
1,497th most common
surname in the world
Approximately 358,941
people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
United StatesHighest density in:
GuernseyDefinition:
(English) Dweller by a Pear-Tree [Middle English perye, pirie, pyrie, Old English pirige] Richard de la Pirie.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
William atte Perye.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1352.
Pyries and plum trees Were puffed to the erthe.
Read More About This SurnamePerry Surname Distribution
| Country | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 240,511 | 1: 1,332 | 92 |
| England | 32,437 | 1: 1,665 | 143 |
| Canada | 16,546 | 1: 2,141 | 208 |
| Australia | 14,643 | 1: 1,609 | 157 |
| Nigeria | 6,266 | 1: 28,490 | 3,864 |
| Israel | 5,219 | 1: 1,572 | 146 |
| South Africa | 4,438 | 1: 12,168 | 1,506 |
| Uganda | 3,174 | 1: 11,140 | 1,912 |
| France | 2,915 | 1: 22,627 | 2,557 |
| New Zealand | 2,864 | 1: 1,588 | 175 |
| Liberia | 2,754 | 1: 1,597 | 232 |
| Ghana | 2,556 | 1: 10,580 | 1,352 |
| Wales | 2,427 | 1: 1,277 | 108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2,242 | 1: 3,300 | 367 |
| Jamaica | 1,767 | 1: 1,538 | 246 |
| Scotland | 1,634 | 1: 3,244 | 530 |
| Brazil | 1,367 | 1: 148,505 | 10,032 |
| Mexico | 1,282 | 1: 93,380 | 4,879 |
| Kenya | 863 | 1: 52,776 | 6,252 |
| Ireland | 792 | 1: 5,799 | 844 |
| Chile | 791 | 1: 22,469 | 1,604 |
| Peru | 712 | 1: 43,278 | 4,009 |
| Northern Ireland | 692 | 1: 2,601 | 480 |
| Hong Kong | 688 | 1: 10,494 | 465 |
| Colombia | 664 | 1: 71,877 | 3,337 |
| Portugal | 517 | 1: 20,267 | 1,439 |
| Argentina | 493 | 1: 86,551 | 11,024 |
| Malaysia | 455 | 1: 66,446 | 4,870 |
| Switzerland | 450 | 1: 18,135 | 2,455 |
| Spain | 450 | 1: 103,351 | 8,608 |
| Algeria | 446 | 1: 86,771 | 13,246 |
| Netherlands | 416 | 1: 40,538 | 6,649 |
| Italy | 403 | 1: 150,775 | 24,436 |
| Turkey | 384 | 1: 199,656 | 16,380 |
| Poland | 382 | 1: 100,775 | 15,860 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 312 | 1: 4,256 | 693 |
| Guyana | 285 | 1: 2,754 | 497 |
| Singapore | 260 | 1: 20,766 | 1,594 |
| French Polynesia | 218 | 1: 1,231 | 94 |
| Austria | 210 | 1: 40,606 | 5,909 |
| Hungary | 196 | 1: 50,403 | 6,128 |
| Sweden | 174 | 1: 55,714 | 5,438 |
| Venezuela | 151 | 1: 200,042 | 9,538 |
| Greece | 147 | 1: 75,667 | 13,267 |
| Belgium | 134 | 1: 83,598 | 13,523 |
| India | 124 | 1: 10,064,677 | 141,850 |
| Panama | 114 | 1: 29,876 | 2,754 |
| Romania | 104 | 1: 191,756 | 17,090 |
| Barbados | 93 | 1: 3,065 | 481 |
| Norway | 92 | 1: 55,700 | 8,372 |
| Indonesia | 86 | 1: 2,932,149 | 93,851 |
| Tanzania | 85 | 1: 528,576 | 40,500 |
| Germany | 79 | 1: 1,021,722 | 89,727 |
| China | 78 | 1: 17,515,256 | 701 |
| The Bahamas | 77 | 1: 4,564 | 462 |
| Costa Rica | 74 | 1: 63,069 | 1,445 |
| Malta | 68 | 1: 6,118 | 373 |
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 1: 200,942 | 23,283 |
| Guam | 63 | 1: 2,529 | 271 |
| Finland | 60 | 1: 91,008 | 11,009 |
| Denmark | 59 | 1: 95,588 | 9,807 |
| Isle of Man | 55 | 1: 1,564 | 192 |
| Guernsey | 55 | 1: 1,147 | 138 |
| Nicaragua | 54 | 1: 112,427 | 1,999 |
| Senegal | 52 | 1: 247,569 | 1,952 |
| Philippines | 52 | 1: 1,924,973 | 45,632 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 49 | 1: 1,761 | 257 |
| Bermuda | 47 | 1: 1,367 | 185 |
| United Arab Emirates | 45 | 1: 209,911 | 23,986 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 42 | 1: 2,533 | 341 |
| Luxembourg | 33 | 1: 16,658 | 1,985 |
| Czech Republic | 31 | 1: 339,271 | 39,063 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1: 2,148,557 | 3,310 |
| Cyprus | 26 | 1: 33,303 | 4,169 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 24 | 1: 2,245 | 243 |
| Japan | 22 | 1: 5,777,273 | 3,209 |
| Grenada | 19 | 1: 5,438 | 636 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1: 1,376,368 | 1,871 |
| South Korea | 16 | 1: 3,151,497 | 534 |
| Egypt | 16 | 1: 5,436,488 | 10,061 |
| Qatar | 14 | 1: 155,288 | 13,186 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10 | 1: 2,999,427 | 24,325 |
| Iraq | 8 | 1: 4,500,569 | 2,306 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1: 3,717,586 | 1,985 |
| Oman | 7 | 1: 569,757 | 4,763 |
| Gibraltar | 7 | 1: 4,286 | 705 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1: 2,912,400 | 8,862 |
| Kuwait | 7 | 1: 437,979 | 7,148 |
| Cayman Islands | 7 | 1: 7,922 | 1,005 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1: 748,417 | 23,950 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1: 54,508 | 5,340 |
| Bahrain | 5 | 1: 246,914 | 4,068 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 1: 4,055,519 | 8,238 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1: 2,149,133 | 1,654 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1: 39,201,250 | 4,997 |
| Suriname | 3 | 1: 178,063 | 1,549 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1: 1,655,333 | 6,706 |
| Swaziland | 3 | 1: 422,667 | 423 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1: 1,095,438 | 11,342 |
| Angola | 3 | 1: 6,394,530 | 2,935 |
| Sierra Leone | 3 | 1: 2,063,427 | 667 |
| Iran | 3 | 1: 25,886,667 | 19,865 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1: 29,902,967 | 2,967 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1: 5,061,372 | 1,985 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1: 1,430,204 | 11,532 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 1: 3,459,422 | 4,096 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1: 3,159,033 | 32,472 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1: 49,500 | 1,777 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1: 14,768 | 405 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1: 3,622,838 | 10,211 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1: 196,581 | 1,151 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1: 7,511,658 | 5,217 |
| Belize | 2 | 1: 174,864 | 1,235 |
| American Samoa | 2 | 1: 27,760 | 385 |
| Madagascar | 2 | 1: 10,631,702 | 1,848 |
| Morocco | 2 | 1: 16,675,150 | 28,232 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 1: 30,190,000 | 1,256 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1: 1,807,543 | 5,726 |
| Malawi | 2 | 1: 8,414,500 | 4,781 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1: 1,056,538 | 3,791 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1: 13,247,252 | 2,085 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1: 94,010,000 | 12,844 |
| Palau | 2 | 1: 10,450 | 107 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1: 27,500 | 415 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1: 90,000 | 960 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1: 2,707,974 | 15,999 |
| Åland | 2 | 1: 14,251 | 175 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1: 7,146,759 | 37,779 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1: 13,135 | 168 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1: 10,027,254 | 7,314 |
| Congo | 1 | 1: 4,559,000 | 2,505 |
| Albania | 1 | 1: 2,895,947 | 7,847 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1: 3,791,622 | 7,110 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1: 2,024,904 | 8,181 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1: 5,824,000 | 101,414 |
| Democratic Republic of The Congo | 1 | 1: 69,360,000 | 7,340 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1: 36,950 | 2,309 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1: 1,259,838 | 8,268 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1: 37,289,406 | 5,589 |
| Macau | 1 | 1: 614,500 | 1,572 |
| Libya | 1 | 1: 6,253,000 | 4,942 |
| The Gambia | 1 | 1: 1,882,450 | 1,005 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1: 103,036 | 472 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1: 10,886,500 | 14,644 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1: 23,202,000 | 9,926 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1: 17,285,000 | 199,150 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1: 56,483 | 531 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1: 1,711,000 | 2,715 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1: 3,009,800 | 24,460 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1: 1,315,819 | 11,486 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1: 1,622,000 | 664 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1: 15,804,800 | 12,741 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1: 71,293 | 746 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1: 187,820 | 591 |
| Country | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,132 | 1: 3,913 | 691 |
| Country | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19,319 | 1: 1,262 | 148 |
| Wales | 594 | 1: 2,640 | 175 |
| Scotland | 373 | 1: 10,035 | 1,282 |
| Isle of Man | 60 | 1: 904 | 145 |
| Jersey | 24 | 1: 2,162 | 357 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1: 32,656 | 2,283 |
| Country | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 46,518 | 1: 1,080 | 87 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
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Perry Surname Meaning
Descriptive Writing introductory reference
(English) Dweller by a Pear-Tree [Middle English perye, pirie, pyrie, Old English pirige] Richard de la Pirie.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
William atte Perye.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1352.
Pyries and plum trees Were puffed to the erthe.—Piers Plowman, 2503-4.
And thus I lete hym sitte upon the pyrie, And Januarie and May romynge myrie.— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, E 2217-8.
(Anglo-French-Latin-Greek) 1 from the French Perre, Pierre, i.e. Peter (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff. -y.
2 the French Perré, Du Perré = Of the Stony Place [French perré, a derivative of perre, pierre, a stone, rock; Latin petra]
— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison(Welsh, English) The son of Harry, English pet form of Henry (home ruler); dweller by the pear tree; descendant of little Pier, a pet form of Peter (rock); descendant of Perry, a pet form of Peregrine (wanderer).
— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles SmithPerry. —Restricted to the southern half of England. It has two principal homes, one in the south - west, especially in Somerset, Cornwall, and Gloucestershire, the other in the south - east, in Essex.
— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy1. A narrowed pronunciation of Parry, Ap-Harry. 2. Amongst the tenants in capite in co. Hants, at the making of Domesday, was one "Peret forestarius." Pery. H.R.
— Patronymica Britannica, written: 1838-1860 by Mark Antony LowerIf not synonymous with Parry, it is local, from Pierre (French.), a stone, signifying a stony place, abounding in rocks.
— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur“Dweller by the Pear Trees” in Old English (Pirige). Not to be confused with Parry (q.v.).
— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric RosenthalFrom Pierre. See Pear.
— Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen CharnockPerry Surname Variants & Similar Names
Similar Surnames
Perry Surname Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| بيري | byry | - |
| بيرى | byry | - |
| पेरी | peri | 58.82 |
| पॅरी | peri | 17.65 |
| पेरयर् | perayar | 11.76 |
| पेर | pera | 11.76 |
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- Description: Descriptions are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity
- Surname distribution statistics are generated from a global sample of 1.6 billion people
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- Similar: Surnames listed in the "Similar Surnames" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Perry