Last Name LARRY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Supposed to be an abbreviation of Lawrence.

Origin	Spanish

Rank	5,781 (2000 US census)	3,510 (1990 US census)

Count	5,478 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

24.3%, or 1331 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
68.47%, or 3751 total occurrences, as black,
0.33%, or 18 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.97%, or 108 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.59%, or 142 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.34%, or 128 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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