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 1
Berkshire 17
Cambridgeshire 57
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 56
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 145
Devon 17
Dorset 2
Durham 51
Essex 232
Gloucestershire 22
Hampshire 37
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 35
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 8
Isle of Man 3
Kent 424
Lancashire 367
Leicestershire 32
Lincolnshire 614
London 457
Middlesex 105
Northumberland 22
Norfolk 77
Northamptonshire 13
Nottinghamshire 246
Oxfordshire 17
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 8
Shropshire 84
Suffolk 60
Somerset 17
Surrey 61
Sussex 138
Staffordshire 132
Warwickshire 62
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 35
Worcestershire 35
Yorkshire 970

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 4
Denbighshire 15
Flintshire 24
Glamorgan 27
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 16
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Drury Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Drury family

Profession Census Frequency
General Servant Domestic 45
Living On Own Means 44
General Labourer 41
Dress Maker 40
Agricultural Labourer 39
Scholar 38
Farmer 38
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 36
Cook Domestic 26
Domestic Servant 22
Coal Miner Hewer 22
Tailoress 18
Farm Labourer 18
Coal Miner 18
Housemaid Domestic 17
Dressmaker 15
School 15
Gardener Domestic 15
Cotton Weaver 14
House Maid Domestic 13
Carpenter 12
Bricklayer Labourer 10
House Keeper Domestic 10
Horseman On Farm 10
Waggoner On Farm 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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