Explore the Family Name Drewery

The meaning of Drewery

English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): variant of Drury.

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How common is the last name Drewery in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Drewery' saw a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was the 21,727th most common surname in the United States with 1,117 individuals bearing this name. This figure rose to 1,243 by 2010, bumping the rank up to the 21,119th position, marking an overall growth of 2.8 percent. It's worth noting that for every 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0.42 had 'Drewery' as their surname in 2010, slightly higher than the 0.41 per 100,000 recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,727	#21,119	2.8%
Count	1,117	1,243	11.28%
Proportion per 100k	0.41	0.42	2.44%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Drewery

The ethnic identity of those carrying the 'Drewery' surname also shifted during this time, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the majority still identified as White (decreasing from 60.43% in 2000 to 57.20% in 2010), there were notable changes in other ethnic groups. The proportion of people identifying as Black increased slightly from 34.91% to 35.56%, and those identifying as Hispanic saw a substantial increase from 2.33% to 3.14%. Interestingly, there was also a rise in individuals identifying as two or more races, jumping from 1.61% to 3.30%. New entries into the ethnicity list in 2010 included those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native, each accounting for 0.40% of the 'Drewery' surname holders.

	2000	2010	Change
White	60.43%	57.2%	-5.35%
Black	34.91%	35.56%	1.86%
Two or More Races	1.61%	3.3%	104.97%
Hispanic	2.33%	3.14%	34.76%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.4%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.4%	0%