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?

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