Drury Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 4
Buckinghamshire 3
Berkshire 8
Cambridgeshire 58
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 38
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 91
Devon 34
Dorset 0
Durham 52
Essex 213
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 16
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 38
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 9
Isle of Man 10
Kent 362
Lancashire 294
Leicestershire 14
Lincolnshire 571
London 519
Middlesex 35
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 105
Northamptonshire 15
Nottinghamshire 202
Oxfordshire 29
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 9
Shropshire 111
Suffolk 76
Somerset 50
Surrey 35
Sussex 133
Staffordshire 98
Warwickshire 74
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 32
Worcestershire 51
Yorkshire 828

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 18
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Drury Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Drury family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 869
Agricultural Labourer 141
Domestic Servant 55
Coal Miner 54
General Labourer 49
Farm Labourer 35
Labourer 33
Dress Maker 27
General Servant 26
Laundress 25
Carpenter 24
General Servant Domestic 22
Farm Servant Indoor 20
Annuitant 18
Servant 15
Farmers Son 15
House Keeper 13
Bricklayer Labourer 11
Joiner 11
Painter 11
Servant Domestic 11
Tailor 11
Farm Servant 11
Charwoman 10
Gardener 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Drury

Name Census Frequency
Mary Drury 1,668
William Drury 1,625
John Drury 1,607
George Drury 1,150
Elizabeth Drury 1,049
Sarah Drury 962
Thomas Drury 929
James Drury 762
Charles Drury 694
Ann Drury 590
Henry Drury 478
Annie Drury 458
Jane Drury 446
Eliza Drury 429
Alice Drury 410
Ellen Drury 377
Robert Drury 360
Joseph Drury 353
Edward Drury 339
Frederick Drury 336
Emma Drury 332
Arthur Drury 321
Hannah Drury 315
Alfred Drury 298
Albert Drury 282

Drury Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Drury 100% 27,860
2 Derry 60% 9,985
3 Drewry 67% 4,081
4 Druery 83% 879
5 Darry 60% 648
6 Durry 60% 383
7 Drory 80% 288
8 Drurey 83% 281
9 Drary 80% 205
10 Druary 83% 110

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

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