How common is the surname Drury?

10,721 people in the United States had the surname Drury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,798 Americans. It ranked 3,342nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Drury?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Drury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Drury?

James Drury, American actor; oil and natural gas business (1934–2020), followed by Dru Drury.

Where is the surname Drury most common?

Wikidata records people named Drury in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Drury getting more or less common?

More common. 10,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,721 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Drury

A surname, carried by 10,721 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drury is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,721 people named Drury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,798 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,626.

#3,342

rank among US surnames

10,721

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,120)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,333	Somers	10,762	28,688
#3,334	Delagarza	10,759	28,696
#3,335	Plunkett	10,758	28,699
#3,336	McCloskey	10,756	28,704
#3,337	Mendiola	10,752	28,715
#3,338	Medlin	10,750	28,721
#3,339	Millan	10,733	28,766

Who is named Drury

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

95% of people named Drury identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Drurys

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Drury
American actor; oil and natural gas business (1934–2020)
Dru Drury
British entomologist (1724-1803)
Herb Drury
American ice hockey player (1895-1965)
Allen Drury
American novelist (1918-1998)
Jack Drury
American ice hockey player, born 2000
Brandon Drury
American baseball player, born 1992
Ted Drury
American ice hockey player, born 1971

Notable Drurys come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Drury

Drury has the Soundex code D660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D660.

Questions

How common is the surname Drury?: 10,721 people in the United States had the surname Drury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,798 Americans. It ranked 3,342nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drury?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Drury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Drury?: James Drury, American actor; oil and natural gas business (1934–2020), followed by Dru Drury.
Where is the surname Drury most common?: Wikidata records people named Drury in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Drury getting more or less common?: More common. 10,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,721 in 2010, up 0.9%.