How Many People Have the Last Name Gary?
people had the surname Gary in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 13,228 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,097 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname Gary: 47.4% are non-Hispanic White and 46.3% are non-Hispanic Black. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 50.1% to 47.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Gary grew from 21,213 people in 2000 to 22,310 in 2010 (up 5.2%), and its rank fell from #1,555 to #1,612. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 7.86 to 7.56 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 21,213 | 22,310 |
| Rank | #1,555 | #1,612 |
| Per 100,000 people | 7.86 | 7.56 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Gary
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Gary: G600
👤 Gary as a First Name
Gary is a first name too: about 601,058 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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