The Coury surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,678 people carried this name — #16,944 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,735 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Coury surname
Variant of Khouri.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Coury» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 116 people named Coury.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Creuse.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 30 people named Coury 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
Coury in American newspapers,
1900–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,265 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Coury,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gabriel Coury 1896–1956 · military personnel -
Dick Coury 1929–2020 · coach -
Fred Coury 1966– · composer -
Robertino Coury 1988– · singer -
John J. Coury 1921–2005 · surgeon
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Henri Coury 1928–2016 · official
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 15 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Coury.
- Courteaux 159 · U.S. census
- Courtemanche 1,654 · U.S. census
- Courtier 347 · U.S. census
- Courtin 112 · U.S. census
- Courtois 1,271 · U.S. census
- Courville 3,379 · U.S. census
- Cousin 3,131 · U.S. census
- Cousineau 2,240 · U.S. census
- Coussens 266 · U.S. census
- Coutant 434 · U.S. census
- Coute 141 · U.S. census
- Coutinho 920 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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