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    The surname Curry

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 74,919 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C600

    Curry: #436 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Curry #436, 74,919 people Curry: #436 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Curry #436, 74,919 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Curry is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    * 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.

    Curry is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 74,919 people named Curry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,121 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 71,344.

    #436
    rank among US surnames
    74,919
    people in 2010
    25
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #410)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #427Khan76,1714,053
    #428Rodgers76,0954,057
    #429Serrano75,9964,063
    #430Fitzgerald75,3564,097
    #431Rosales75,1854,106
    #432Stevenson75,1694,107
    #433Christensen75,1434,109

    Who is named Curry

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

    59% of people named Curry identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Currys

    30 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1986
    • Seth Curry
      American basketball player (born 1990)
    • Adrianne Curry
      American fashion model, actress and television personality, born 1982
    • Haskell Curry
      American mathematician and logician (1900-1982)
    • Eddy Curry
      American basketball player, born 1982
    • Dell Curry
      American basketball player (born 1964)
    • Ann Curry
      American journalist, born 1956
    • Judith Curry
      American climatologist, born 1953
    • John Steuart Curry
      American painter (1897-1946)

    Notable Currys come mostly from the United States (27), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Curry

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Curry come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Curry?
    74,919 people in the United States had the surname Curry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,121 Americans. It ranked 436th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Curry?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Curry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Curry?
    Stephen Curry, American basketball player (born 1988), followed by Tim Curry.
    Where is the surname Curry most common?
    Wikidata records people named Curry in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Curry?
    Curry is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Curry getting more or less common?
    More common. 71,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 74,919 in 2010, up 5.0%.
    What are other spellings of Curry?
    Corey and Corry.