The Dry surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,379 people carried this name — #12,921 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 123,500 people counted. That is down 23% from 3,070 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 89 people named Dry.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 print
Dry in American newspapers,
1855–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,169,517 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dry,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richard Dry 1815–1869 · politician -
Francis William Dry 1891–1979 · biologist -
Gena Dry d. 2012 · actor
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Richard Dry 1771–1843 · civil servant
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Thomas Jan Dry 1903– · physician
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F. A. Dry 1931– · head coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dry.
- Drouhard 308 · U.S. census
- Drouillard 863 · U.S. census
- Drouin 2,419 · U.S. census
- Droz 893 · U.S. census
- Drozd 1,852 · U.S. census
- Drozdz 224 · U.S. census
- Dryburgh 314 · U.S. census
- Drzewiecki 755 · U.S. census
- Du 7,566 · U.S. census
- Duale 306 · U.S. census
- Duart 229 · U.S. census
- Duarte 42,983 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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