# Currey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/currey/  
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 | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,672 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,728 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 115,548 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (2,561 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, variant of Curry. * As an English surname, from the placename Curry in Somerset, probably of Brythonic origin like Welsh cwr (“corner”). * Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from Old French curie (“kitchen”), presumably from cuire (“to cook”). * As a Scottish surname, variant of Currie.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Currey 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Currey in Australia and the United States.

## People named Currey

- Louise Currey, Australian javelin thrower
- Grace Fulton, American actress

## Similar surnames

Curry, Carey, Currie, Corey, Corry, Coury, Cure, Cruey, Cherry, Carr, Correa, 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.