The Emery surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,839 people carried this name — #1,365 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 25,338 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,839 people named Emery.
70 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
1,609 people named Emery live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 199 people named Emery 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
24 people named Emery is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Emery in American newspapers,
1900–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 446,166 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Emery,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emily Jane Emery d. 1928 · botanical collector
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Edward Emery d. 1850 · numismatist
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Merrelyn Emery d. 2026 · social scientist
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Dale Emery d. 2018
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William Emery 1301–1432 · politician
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Josiah Emery 1725–1794 · watchmaker
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Emery.
- Emberger 160 · U.S. census
- Embert 138 · U.S. census
- Embry 8,675 · U.S. census
- Eme 156 · U.S. census
- Emel 600 · U.S. census
- Emeric 128 · U.S. census
- Emile 1,130 · U.S. census
- Emilien 262 · U.S. census
- Emily 911 · U.S. census
- Emin 155 · U.S. census
- Emma 1,137 · U.S. census
- Emmanuel 2,864 · U.S. census
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