Ivory is used as a family name or surname in Ivory Coast. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ivory
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ivory Coast
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ivory

How popular is Ivory?

Ivory is common in Ivory Coast.

Ivory is ranked 34596 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ivory bearers increased by 8.367193 per cent in 2010 US census to 7201 since 2000, the surname slipped by 47 spots and ranked at 4893. The last name was found in around 24 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 73.18 74.79
White 21.21 21.78
Others 3.01 1.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.19 1.19
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.24 0.33
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17 0.21
Ivory is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 14394 people have been found who wears Ivory as their family name. Ivory is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,898 Nigeria10
823,980 India6
2,011 South Korea4
949 Belize3
14,193 Egypt3
90,215 Germany3
3,340 Jamaica3
20,186 Kenya2
18,718 Thailand2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
124,220 Italy2
8,995 Uganda2
6,103 Cyprus2
28,083 Romania2
20,837 Venezuela2
9,185 Hong Kong2
18,625 Japan2
1,256 Myanmar2
10,183 Jordan2
13,606 Senegal1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
28,746 Algeria1
123,175 Tanzania1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
90,903 Moldova1
91,024 Belgium1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
37,493 Austria1
165,773 Belarus1
169,904 Brazil1
34,581 Chile1
8,859 Iraq1
1,254 Gibraltar1
49,529 Israel1
17,236 Ghana1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
12,270 Lebanon1
2,715 Gabon1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
746 Dominica1
24,176 Qatar1
2,024 Mongolia1
3,243 Suriname1
81,201 Switzerland1
19,810 Croatia1
21,562 Portugal1
20,172 Hungary1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
227,902 Russia37
9,620 Singapore30
266,355 Indonesia23
62,494 Netherlands22
2,558 China17
81,586 Spain17
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
117,149 France73
Countries with hundreds of Ivory:
17,255 Philippines838
3,923 Australia774
1,070 Ireland573
735 Taiwan521
2,827 New Zealand270
19,422 Canada185
23,602 Mexico131
13,194 Malaysia126
3,358 Wales113
5,272 Scotland105
Countries with thousands of Ivory:
5,186 United States7,639
5,223 England1,398
1,856 Ivory Coast1,315
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Peter Ivory from Ireland aboard the Cornelia from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 10 years old when he arrived in New-York on June 11, 1849. Daniel Ivory, aged 18, Margaret Ivory, Mary Ivory, aged 20, Pat Ivory (26) Workman, Workman Michael Ivory, 23 years old Margaret Ivory, Farmer William Ivory, Thomas Ivory, aged 30, are other Ivory that migrated to US.

Ivory Namesakes

  • Clifford Ivory, Football player
  • James Ivory, Film director
  • Keenen Ivory Wayans, Actor
  • Helen Ivory, Poet
  • Bella Ivory Aziza Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans' daughter
  • Delores Ivory Davis, Soprano
  • Bella Ivory, Actress
  • James Ivory, Film director
  • Candice Ivory, Musical Artist
  • Delores Ivory Davis, Soprano

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