Popularity of the last name by country
Germany
- Niedersachsen (212)
- Nordrhein-Westfalen (83)
- Berlin (73)
- Bayern (56)
- Brandenburg (45)
- Bremen (42)
- Hessen (37)
- Sachsen (29)
- Baden-Württemberg (22)
- Hamburg (22)
- Rheinland Pfalz (12)
- Saarland (10)
- Mecklenburg Vorpommern (4)
- Thuringen (3)
- Schleswig Holstein (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (252,193)
- United States (237,917)
- France (94,886)
- Australia (15,101)
- Canada (11,424)
- Ireland (10,480)
- New Zealand (9,217)
- Unknown country (3,296)
- Italy (853)
- Germany (803)
- Netherlands (664)
- Switzerland (497)
- French Polynesia (497)
- Portugal (488)
- Belgium (452)
- Algeria (429)
- Spain (284)
- Colombia (251)
- Mexico (243)
- India (209)
- Sweden (176)
- Chile (174)
- Jamaica (126)
- Austria (121)
- China (107)
- Peru (106)
- Russian Federation (95)
- Brazil (91)
- Argentina (88)
- Norway (81)
- Poland (80)
- Greece (77)
- Trinidad and Tobago (77)
- Haiti (76)
- Indonesia (73)
- South Africa (67)
- Tunisia (66)
- Turkey (65)
- Martinique (58)
- Japan (55)
Origine of last name
PERRY : 1: Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’ a variant of the personal name Harry (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Harris">Harris</a>).2: English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e) peri(e) puri(e) Old English pirige pyrige) or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.
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