Last Name DRY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Native American, Austrian

Rank	9,708 (2000 US census)	14,923 (1990 US census)

Count	3,070 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

83.58%, or 2566 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.23%, or 222 total occurrences, as black,
0.59%, or 18 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
5.41%, or 166 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.02%, or 62 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.17%, or 36 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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