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    The surname Koury

    A surname, carried by 1,664 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K600

    Koury: #17,063 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Koury #17,063, 1,664 people Koury: #17,063 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Koury #17,063, 1,664 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koury is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,664 people named Koury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,544 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,722.

    #17,063
    rank among US surnames
    1,664
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,583)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,056Stem1,665185,433
    #17,063Lasko1,664185,544
    #17,072Flinchum1,663185,656

    Who is named Koury

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

    94% of people named Koury identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Koury

    Koury has the Soundex code K600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Koury?
    1,664 people in the United States had the surname Koury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,544 Americans. It ranked 17,063rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Koury?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Koury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Koury getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,722 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,664 in 2010, down 3.4%.