Curry Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 13
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 49
Cornwall 48
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 13
Devon 90
Dorset 1
Durham 1,248
Essex 64
Gloucestershire 107
Hampshire 42
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 11
Isle of Man 4
Kent 49
Lancashire 291
Leicestershire 34
Lincolnshire 28
London 316
Middlesex 38
Northumberland 553
Norfolk 76
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 11
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 35
Somerset 125
Surrey 28
Sussex 14
Staffordshire 18
Warwickshire 41
Westmorland 9
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 271

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 8
Glamorgan 31
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Curry Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Curry family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 582
Coal Miner 165
Dress Maker 48
General Labourer 40
Domestic Servant 40
Agricultural Labourer 37
Living On Own Means 28
General Servant 23
General Servant Domestic 19
Labourer 17
Living On Her Own Means 16
Farmer 16
Shoe Maker 16
Butcher 14
Tailoress 13
Tailor 13
Blacksmith 13
Joiner 11
Grocer 11
Errand Boy 10
General Domestic Servant 9
Clerk 9
House Keeper 8
Draper's Assistant 7
Dressmaker 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Curry

Name Census Frequency
Mary Curry 2,094
John Curry 2,090
William Curry 1,811
Elizabeth Curry 1,323
Thomas Curry 1,229
James Curry 994
Robert Curry 970
George Curry 950
Jane Curry 949
Margaret Curry 775
Sarah Curry 742
Ann Curry 675
Joseph Curry 581
Isabella Curry 503
Henry Curry 432
Annie Curry 382
Hannah Curry 321
Charles Curry 287
Eliza Curry 284
Ralph Curry 270
Catherine Curry 265
Ellen Curry 264
Alice Curry 263
Edward Curry 256
Samuel Curry 226

Curry Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Curry 100% 28,639
2 Kerry 60% 14,890
3 Carry 80% 6,482
4 Currey 83% 5,283
5 Corry 80% 3,872
6 Carrey 67% 1,105
7 Kery 40% 348
8 Correy 67% 324
9 Creary 50% 306
10 Cury 80% 285
11 Courey 67% 170
12 Curray 83% 132
13 Cerry 80% 110
14 Creery 50% 110

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The surname Curry is the most popular version of all its varients

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