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 13
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 7
Cambridgeshire 21
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 38
Cornwall 56
Cumberland 16
Derbyshire 28
Devon 81
Dorset 12
Durham 1,988
Essex 152
Gloucestershire 139
Hampshire 34
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 47
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 7
Isle of Man 0
Kent 57
Lancashire 433
Leicestershire 43
Lincolnshire 34
London 417
Middlesex 90
Northumberland 939
Norfolk 118
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 10
Oxfordshire 10
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 7
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 29
Somerset 146
Surrey 74
Sussex 32
Staffordshire 19
Warwickshire 69
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 6
Worcestershire 13
Yorkshire 411

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 57
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 8
Monmouthshire 6
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Curry Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Curry family

Profession Census Frequency
School 533
Coal Miner Hewer 98
Private Means 39
Clerk 30
General Labourer 30
Farm Labourer 28
Labourer 27
Dressmaker 25
Housekeeper 24
At Home 24
Farmer 23
General Servant (domestic) 21
At School 19
House Painter 16
Dock Labourer 14
Assisting In Business 13
Charwoman 13
Shop Assistant 13
Butcher 13
Coal Miner (hewer) 13
Tailoress 12
Scholar 11
None 11
Domestic Servant 11
Blacksmith 10

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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