Ory surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ory surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 997 people carried this name — #24,934 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 57% from 635 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,142 people named Ory.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Ille-et-Vilaine 423
Sarthe 214
Meurthe-et-Moselle 197
Paris 151
Mayenne 136
Haut-Rhin 134
Vosges 114
Moselle 109

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 321 people named Ory 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 Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 154
Limburg 107
Namur 30
Luxembourg Province 11
Flemish Brabant 8
Brussels-Capital 6
West Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

138 people named Ory live in Switzerland.

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

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

Where they live today

Jura 59
Bern 28
Vaud 13
Geneva 11
Neuchâtel 7
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 5
Solothurn 4
Fribourg 4

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.

Who carried it

People named Ory,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Blanche Ory-Robin
    Blanche Ory-Robin 1863–1942 · embroiderer
  • Kid Ory
    Kid Ory 1886–1973 · composer
  • François Ory d. 1657
  • Matthieu Ory 1492–1557 · theologian
  • Paul Ory 1840–1904 · translator
  • Joseph Ory 1852–1921 · politician

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

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