Last Name GARRY

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Meaning	The son of Geri. A first name as old as Domesday. Uxor Geri was a tenant-in-chief on county Gloucester. Local: A town in Scotland.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	8,848 (2000 US census)	8,140 (1990 US census)

Count	3,405 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.91%, or 2653 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.09%, or 548 total occurrences, as black,
0.65%, or 22 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.47%, or 16 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.79%, or 27 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
4.08%, or 139 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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