Last Name PERRY

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Meaning	Local: At the pery. i.e. the pear tree. Also 'the son of Perry,' i.e. Peter from Old French 'Pierre,' redered popular in England as Perry. If not synonymous with Parry, it is local, from 'Pierre' French, a stone, signifying a stony place, abounding in rocks.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Creole, Belgian, South african, Guam, Liberian

Rank	97 (2000 US census)	84 (1990 US census)

Count	212,644 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

70.71%, or 150361 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
24.37%, or 51821 total occurrences, as black,
0.46%, or 978 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.82%, or 1744 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.86%, or 3955 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.78%, or 3785 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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