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    The surname Coury

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,678 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C600

    Coury: #16,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Coury #16,944, 1,678 people Coury: #16,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Coury #16,944, 1,678 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coury is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Variant of Khouri.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,678 people named Coury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,996 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,735.

    #16,944
    rank among US surnames
    1,678
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #15,490)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,939McBean1,679183,887
    #16,944Pico1,678183,996
    #16,953Chittum1,677184,106

    Who is named Coury

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

    92% of people named Coury identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Coury

    Coury has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Coury come from?
    Variant of Khouri.
    How common is the surname Coury?
    1,678 people in the United States had the surname Coury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,996 Americans. It ranked 16,944th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coury?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Coury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Coury getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,678 in 2010, down 3.3%.