The Oury surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 249 people carried this name — #77,012 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 13% from 221 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,024 people named Oury.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 49 people named Oury 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Oury live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
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 Oury,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anna Caroline Oury 1808–1880 · composer -
Granville Henderson Oury 1825–1891 · judge -
Léon Louis Oury 1846–1929 · illustrator -
Louis-Désiré Oury 1809–1895 · diplomat
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Jean Libert Oury 1833–1908 · painter
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Fédéric-Henri Oury 1842–1921 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Oury.
- Ottmann 166 · U.S. census
- Otto 22,558 · U.S. census
- Ou 4,196 · U.S. census
- Oudin 126 · U.S. census
- Ouk 1,424 · U.S. census
- Ours 1,585 · U.S. census
- Outhier 151 · U.S. census
- Ouzounian 235 · U.S. census
- Ovide 126 · U.S. census
- Owczarczak 149 · U.S. census
- Owczarek 223 · U.S. census
- Owen 61,630 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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