# Curry (surname)

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

A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Comhraidhe (“descendant of Comhraidhe”).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 74,919 |
| US rank (2010) | 436 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,121 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (71,344 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Corey, Corry |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Comhraidhe (“descendant of Comhraidhe”). Also Anglicized from Ó Corra, see Corr. * As a Scottish and northern English surname, variant of Currie. * As an Arabic surname, Americanized from Khouri, Khoury. Compare Cury.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Curry 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) | 59% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Curry in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Curry

- Stephen Curry, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Tim Curry, British actor (1946–2026)
- Denzel Curry, American rapper from Florida (born 1995)
- Valorie Curry, American actress
- Seth Curry, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Adrianne Curry, American fashion model, actress and television personality
- Haskell Curry, American mathematician and logician (1900-1982)
- Eddy Curry, American basketball player
- Dell Curry, American basketball player (born 1964)
- Ann Curry, American journalist
- Judith Curry, American climatologist
- John Steuart Curry, American painter (1897-1946)

and 18 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Currie, Corry, Currey, Coury, Cure, Cherry, Carr, Carey, Correa, Crowe, Crow, Corey.

## 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.