How Many People Have the Last Name Gentry?
people had the surname Gentry in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 6,854 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
+670 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Gentry (82.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 12.2%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Gentry ranks #590. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 84.1% to 82.1%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Gentry grew from 42,357 people in 2000 to 43,027 in 2010 (up 1.6%), and its rank fell from #741 to #806. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 15.7 to 14.59 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 42,357 | 43,027 |
| Rank | #741 | #806 |
| Per 100,000 people | 15.7 | 14.59 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Gentry
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Gentry: G536
👤 Gentry as a First Name
Gentry is a first name too: about 6,319 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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