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The Flory surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,243 people carried this name — #6,479 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,238).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 812 people named Flory.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Haut-Rhin 114
Alpes-Maritimes 97
Guadeloupe 64
Paris 48
Gard 42
Pas-de-Calais 40
Haute-Loire 36
Rhône 32

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

90 people named Flory live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

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

Where they live today

Aargau 37
Zurich 24
Lucerne 16
Geneva 7
Bern 6

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 27 people named Flory 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 Entre Ríos.

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

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 14
City of Buenos Aires 13

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

In print

Flory in American newspapers,
1872–1920.

Newspaper page from The Kenosha Telegraph carrying the name Flory
The Kenosha Telegraph 1872-06-13
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard-examiner carrying the name Flory
The Ogden Standard-examiner 1920-05-23
Newspaper page from Albuquerque Evening Citizen carrying the name Flory
Albuquerque Evening Citizen 1905-08-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,160 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Flory,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Arvid Flory
    Arvid Flory 1885–1948 · military personnel
  • Charles Flory
    Charles Flory 1890–1981 · politician
  • Werner Flory d. 1995 · restaurateur
  • Aaron M. Flory 1833–1893 · writer
  • oussama fellouri 1886–1949 · Catholic priest
  • Albert Flory 1890–1978 · writer

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

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Surnames next to Flory.

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