The Berry surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 132,812 people carried this name — #222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,220 people counted. That is up 3% from 129,405 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Berry surname
Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Berry» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,248 people named Berry.
84 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 79 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 30 births for the Berry name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
118 people named Berry live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 84 people named Berry live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Neuquén.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
35 people named Berry have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 115 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
139 people named Berry are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Berry in American newspapers,
1915–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,776,545 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Berry,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thomas Berry d. 1698 · politician
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Agnes Paston d. 1479 · heiress
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Robert Berry d. 1618 · politician
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James Berry d. 1691
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Mary Elizabeth Berry d. 1980
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Constance Mary Berry d. 1995
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Berry.
- Berrier 2,547 · U.S. census
- Berring 103 · U.S. census
- Berro 432 · U.S. census
- Berrocal 650 · U.S. census
- Berron 139 · U.S. census
- Berrouet 191 · U.S. census
- Bersano 204 · U.S. census
- Berson 866 · U.S. census
- Berst 299 · U.S. census
- Bert 1,864 · U.S. census
- Berta 1,942 · U.S. census
- Bertagna 244 · U.S. census
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