The Bury surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,796 people carried this name — #11,296 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,849 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
6,838 people named Bury have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,540 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,428 people named Bury.
68 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 733 people named Bury live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
58 people named Bury live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 33 people named Bury live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bury in American newspapers,
1900–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,391,201 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bury,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elizabeth Bury 1644–1720 · physician -
Sebastian Bury d. 1630
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Hester Beatrice Bury d. 1913
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Anne Lovell Bury d. 1888
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Letitia Mary Bury d. 1953
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Florence Bury d. 1858
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bury.
- Burrus 4,094 · U.S. census
- Burson 5,082 · U.S. census
- Burst 377 · U.S. census
- Burtin 326 · U.S. census
- Burton 110,529 · U.S. census
- Burtscher 159 · U.S. census
- Burzynski 1,475 · U.S. census
- Bus 287 · U.S. census
- Busa 910 · U.S. census
- Buscaglia 524 · U.S. census
- Buscemi 1,907 · U.S. census
- Busch 17,354 · U.S. census
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