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

The Wery surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 607 people carried this name — #36,788 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 597 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 1,214 people named Wery 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 384
Liège 353
Namur 194
Walloon Brabant 159
Luxembourg Province 48
Brussels-Capital 38
East Flanders 16
Antwerp 13

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 526 people named Wery.

56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 56
Nord 201
Aisne 64
Paris 46
Pas-de-Calais 41
Ardennes 32
Meurthe-et-Moselle 15
Sarthe 7
Oise 6

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 32 people named Wery 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 Santa Fe.

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

Where they live today

Santa Fe 32

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Wery,
with a public archive behind them.

  • J. L. Wery
    J. L. Wery 1854–1932 · writer
  • Henk Wery
    Henk Wery 1943– · stripper
  • Fredericus Wery d. 1727 · goldsmith
  • Pierre-Nicolas Wery 1770–1827 · painter
  • Joséphine Wery 1879–1954 · botanist
  • Fernand Wery 1886–1964 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Wery is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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