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.
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 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 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 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
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
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
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.
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John Dury 1599–1680 · writer -
Hortense Dury-Vasselon 1860–1924 · painter -
Ian Dury 1942–2000 · actor -
Andrew Dury d. 1778 · surveyor
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Antoine Dury 1819–1881 · painter
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Charles Dury 1847–1931 · curator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dury.
- Durr 6,937 · U.S. census
- Durrenberger 270 · U.S. census
- Durry 117 · U.S. census
- Durst 5,995 · U.S. census
- Duru 672 · U.S. census
- Durussel 224 · U.S. census
- Dusch 433 · U.S. census
- Duss 195 · U.S. census
- Dussault 1,447 · U.S. census
- Dusseau 846 · U.S. census
- Dussel 132 · U.S. census
- Dusza 506 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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