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The Mudry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 444 people carried this name — #47,706 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 15% from 522 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Mudry surname

From múdry (“wise”).

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

359 people named Mudry live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Valais 190
Geneva 64
Vaud 59
Ticino 13
Fribourg 9
Neuchâtel 8
Zurich 5
Bern 5

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 355 people named Mudry 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 Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 143
Chaco 60
Buenos Aires Province 56
Salta 26
Entre Ríos 20
City of Buenos Aires 19
Córdoba 16
Misiones 15

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 182 people named Mudry.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Haute-Savoie 93
Paris 27
Savoie 9
Rhône 7
Isère 6
Yvelines 5
Alpes-Maritimes 4
Doubs 4

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

In Poland’s population register

118 people named Mudry have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 155 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.

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

Where they live today

Lower Silesian 32
Opole 23
Silesian 17
Warmian-Masurian 9
Pomeranian 8
Lubusz 7
Lesser Poland 7
Greater Poland 7

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

Who carried it

People named Mudry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vasilj Mudri
    Vasilj Mudri 1930–2016 · writer
  • Auguste Mudry 1913–1973 · politician
  • Auguste Mudry 1917–2006 · glider pilot
  • Oscar Mudry 1925–2016 · ice hockey player
  • Philippe Mudry 1939– · classical philologist
  • Michel Mudry 1945– · engineer

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

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Surnames next to Mudry.

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