Explore the Family Name O’berry

The meaning of O’berry

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Béara ‘descendant of Béara’, a personal name of unexplained etymology.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name O’berry in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity rank of the surname O'Berry slightly fell from 15,844 in 2000 to 15,898 in 2010, a minor drop of about 0.34 percent. However, the count of people sharing this surname increased by approximately 8.42 percent, from 1,687 in 2000 to 1,829 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 individuals also experienced a slight decrease of 1.59 percent, moving from 0.63 to 0.62 over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,844	#15,898	-0.34%
Count	1,687	1,829	8.42%
Proportion per 100k	0.63	0.62	-1.59%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name O’berry

Regarding ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the highest percentage of individuals with the O’Berry surname identified as White, although there was a small reduction of 2.5 percent from 2000 to 2010. The number of O'Berry individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander saw the most significant increase, rising by 173.33 percent to comprise 0.82 percent of O'Berries in 2010. Those identifying as Two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native also increased, by 41.57 percent and 45.18 percent respectively. Conversely, individuals identifying as Black made up less of the O'Berry population in 2010 than in 2000, decreasing by 2.22 percent. The Hispanic representation among O'Berries also increased slightly by 28.57 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	84.29%	82.18%	-2.5%
Black	10.79%	10.55%	-2.22%
Two or More Races	1.78%	2.52%	41.57%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.66%	2.41%	45.18%
Hispanic	1.19%	1.53%	28.57%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.82%	173.33%