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    The surname Bury

    An English place surname, carried by 2,796 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbɛɹi/ 2 syllables Soundex B600

    Bury: #11,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bury #11,296, 2,796 people Bury: #11,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bury #11,296, 2,796 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bury is more common than 93% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.

    Bury is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,796 people named Bury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,424 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,849.

    #11,296
    rank among US surnames
    2,796
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #10,357)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,288Eveland2,799110,306
    #11,290Auld2,798110,345
    #11,293Branco2,797110,385
    #11,296Bartolo2,796110,424
    #11,299Kovac2,795110,464
    #11,302Rabago2,794110,503

    Who is named Bury

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Bury identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Burys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Bagnell Bury
      Anglo-Irish historian and classical scholar (1861–1927)
    • Priscilla Susan Bury
      British botanist and artist (1799–1872)

    Notable Burys come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bury

    Bury has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bury come from?
    The place name means "fort," from Old English burg. Doublet of borough, Brough, and burgh.
    How common is the surname Bury?
    2,796 people in the United States had the surname Bury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,424 Americans. It ranked 11,296th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bury?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bury?
    John Bagnell Bury, Anglo-Irish historian and classical scholar (1861–1927), followed by Priscilla Susan Bury.
    Where is the surname Bury most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bury in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    How do you pronounce Bury?
    Bury is /ˈbɛɹi/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Bury?
    Bury is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bury getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,796 in 2010, down 1.9%.