Dery surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Dery surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,506 people carried this name — #18,385 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,471 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 224 people named Dery.

42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Allier.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 42
Allier 40
Seine-et-Marne 26
Paris 23
Saône-et-Loire 11
Jura 11
Côte-d’Or 9
Aisne 8
Yonne 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 60 people named Dery live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 25
Namur 20
Brussels-Capital 5
Flemish Brabant 5
Liège 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

24 people named Dery live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 11
Vaud 7
Zurich 6

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.

Who carried it

People named Dery,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Dery 1947– · university teacher
  • Ambrose Dery 1956– · lawyer
  • Mark Dery 1959– · cultural critic
  • Floro Dery 1962– · storyboard artist
  • Dominika Dery 1975– · poet
  • Vinz 1990– · songwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Dery.

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