Dury surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Dury surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 348 people carried this name — #58,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 14% from 404 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,541 people named Dury.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Saône-et-Loire 418
Rhône 195
Loire 195
Paris 127
Ardennes 67
Nord 57
Côte-d’Or 41
Allier 32

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 601 people named Dury 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 map

Where they live today

Hainaut 170
Namur 161
Walloon Brabant 101
West Flanders 96
Brussels-Capital 24
East Flanders 18
Flemish Brabant 10
Antwerp 9

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

23 people named Dury live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 8
Vaud 7
Aargau 5
Neuchâtel 3

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 23 people named Dury 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

Buenos Aires Province 12
City of Buenos Aires 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Dury,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Dury
    John Dury 1599–1680 · writer
  • Hortense Dury-Vasselon
    Hortense Dury-Vasselon 1860–1924 · painter
  • Ian Dury
    Ian Dury 1942–2000 · actor
  • Andrew Dury d. 1778 · surveyor
  • Antoine Dury 1819–1881 · painter
  • Charles Dury 1847–1931 · curator

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Dury is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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