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The Gory surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 614 people carried this name — #36,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 18% from 519 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gory surname

Reduced form of McGorry.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gory» (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 590 people named Gory.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Haute-Loire.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Haute-Loire 135
Drôme 45
Paris 40
Marne 35
Gard 27
Gironde 22
Seine-et-Marne 21
Puy-de-Dôme 18

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 24 people named Gory 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 Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 24

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

Who carried it

People named Gory,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alimami Gory
    Alimami Gory 1996– · association football player
  • Alimami Gory
    Alimami Gory 1996– · association football player
  • Adélaïde Gory-Decour 1759–1825 · writer
  • Hippolyte Louis Gory 1800–1852 · zoologist
  • Adrien Gory 1842–1909 · pastor
  • Alex Gory 1882–1989 · farmer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Gory.

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