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The Madry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 987 people carried this name — #25,136 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 916 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Madry surname

Multiple etymologies including Polish Mądry, from mądry (“wise”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Madry» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

3,107 people named Madry have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 3,402 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 696
Masovian 379
Lesser Poland 373
Silesian 329
Lower Silesian 243
Pomeranian 169
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 145
Łódź 140

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Madry.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Pas-de-Calais 15
Eure 11
Nord 11
Oise 8
Dordogne 3
Calvados 2
Paris 2
Moselle 1

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

Who carried it

People named Madry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Barbara Jadwiga Therese Madry d. 2001
  • Catharina Elisabeth Madry 1817–1874
  • Michael Madry 1941– · writer
  • Christian Madry 1979– · pharmacist

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

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

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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