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 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 39
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 23
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 6
Derbyshire 87
Devon 29
Dorset 2
Durham 35
Essex 191
Gloucestershire 23
Hampshire 15
Herefordshire 10
Hertfordshire 42
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 0
Kent 312
Lancashire 218
Leicestershire 8
Lincolnshire 428
London 416
Middlesex 57
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 64
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 154
Oxfordshire 20
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 50
Suffolk 44
Somerset 35
Surrey 28
Sussex 179
Staffordshire 112
Warwickshire 60
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 14
Worcestershire 37
Yorkshire 747

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 11
Flintshire 12
Glamorgan 6
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Drury Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Drury family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 539
Agricultural Labourer 86
General Labourer 55
Coal Miner 55
Dress Maker 37
Domestic Servant 36
Farmer 34
Farm Labourer 31
Labourer 31
Living On Her Own Means 27
Living On Own Means 22
General Servant 22
General Servant Domestic 18
Joiner 16
Laundress 16
Gardener 16
Carpenter 15
Railway Labourer 13
Blacksmith 13
Farm Servant 12
Railway Porter 12
General Domestic Servant 11
House Keeper 9
Silk Weaver 9
Tailor 9

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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