# Cure (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cure/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,154 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,334 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 267,544 people |
| Change since 2000 | -10.5% (1,290 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced from McClure. Also compare McIver. * As an English surname, from the noun cure.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cure in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cure in Australia and France.

## People named Cure

- Amy Cure, Australian cyclist
- Paulette Noizeux, actress (1887–1971)

## Similar surnames

Curry, Currie, Crew, Core, Currey, Cree, Cruey, Carr, Carey, Correa, Cherry, Crowe.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.