Curry Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 18
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 45
Cornwall 50
Cumberland 19
Derbyshire 30
Devon 74
Dorset 1
Durham 1,634
Essex 118
Gloucestershire 129
Hampshire 43
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 15
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 7
Kent 72
Lancashire 386
Leicestershire 38
Lincolnshire 23
London 378
Middlesex 60
Northumberland 775
Norfolk 86
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 16
Oxfordshire 8
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 45
Somerset 141
Surrey 50
Sussex 32
Staffordshire 24
Warwickshire 56
Westmorland 3
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 12
Yorkshire 311

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 9
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 31
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 13
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Curry Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Curry family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner Hewer 58
Living On Own Means 50
General Labourer 39
Scholar 38
Dress Maker 34
General Servant Domestic 25
Farmer 23
Coal Miner C Hewer 20
Agricultural Labourer 19
Cook Domestic 16
Dock Labourer 16
Domestic Servant 16
Butcher 14
Coal Miner 14
Tailoress 12
Carpenter 11
Housemaid Domestic 11
Bricklayer 10
Draper Assistant 10
House Painter 10
Commercial Clerk 9
Laundress Wash 9
Tailor 9
Engine Fitter 9
Shepherd 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Curry

Name Census Frequency
Mary Curry 2,094
John Curry 2,090
William Curry 1,811
Elizabeth Curry 1,323
Thomas Curry 1,229
James Curry 994
Robert Curry 970
George Curry 950
Jane Curry 949
Margaret Curry 775
Sarah Curry 742
Ann Curry 675
Joseph Curry 581
Isabella Curry 503
Henry Curry 432
Annie Curry 382
Hannah Curry 321
Charles Curry 287
Eliza Curry 284
Ralph Curry 270
Catherine Curry 265
Ellen Curry 264
Alice Curry 263
Edward Curry 256
Samuel Curry 226

Curry Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Curry 100% 28,639
2 Kerry 60% 14,890
3 Carry 80% 6,482
4 Currey 83% 5,283
5 Corry 80% 3,872
6 Carrey 67% 1,105
7 Kery 40% 348
8 Correy 67% 324
9 Creary 50% 306
10 Cury 80% 285
11 Courey 67% 170
12 Curray 83% 132
13 Cerry 80% 110
14 Creery 50% 110

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The surname Curry is the most popular version of all its varients

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