Explore the Family Name Edery

The meaning of Edery

Jewish (from North Africa): habitational name for someone from the valley of the Draa river in southern Morocco, composed of the vernacular Arabic definite article el (that turns to ed before a word starting in d) + Draa + the Arabic suffix -i (written with y) used to create gentilics (demonyms).

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

The surname Edery, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, has seen a rise in its popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 84,968th with a count of 205, and it moved up to a rank of 76,275 in 2010 with an increased count of 252. This signifies a positive change of approximately 10.23% in ranking and 22.93% in the count. The proportion of this surname per 100k people also saw an increase of 12.5%, from 0.08 in 2000 to 0.09 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#84,968	#76,275	10.23%
Count	205	252	22.93%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.09	12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Edery

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates that the majority of people with the surname Edery identify as White, though the percentage decreased slightly from 86.34% in 2000 to 80.16% in 2010. On the other hand, the percentage identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase of 58.61%, moving from 9.76% in 2000 to 15.48% in 2010. There were no instances of this surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native communities in either year. The group identifying as Two or More Races saw a decrease of 18.85%, going from 2.44% in 2000 to 1.98% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	86.34%	80.16%	-7.16%
Hispanic	9.76%	15.48%	58.61%
Two or More Races	2.44%	1.98%	-18.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%