Bury is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bury
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Towns and places in counties Lancaster, Suffolk, Sussex, etc. See .

A variation of the Burress. Dweller near a stronghold or fortified place; a corruption of Burrows meaning "fort or hill".

Bury is the variation of the Boris. Descendant of Boris meaning "stranger".

How popular is Bury?

Bury is common in Poland, United States, France, England, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Belarus, Canada, Ukraine, Brazil, Russia, India, Czechia, Ireland.

Bury is ranked 22782 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Burys plummeted by 1.86 per cent to 2796 since 2000 and slipped by 939 spots and ranked at 11296. The last name was found in around 10 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.24 93.3
Hispanic or Latino 3.08 1.86
Black 2.58 2.39
Others 1.68 1.26
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.79 0.77
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.64 0.42
Bury is quite popular family name mostly used in Poland however Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 23850 people have been found who wears Bury as their family name. Bury is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Bury:
620 Poland7,148
9,972 United States4,094
2,608 France2,962
3,557 England2,143
916 Belgium1,657
Countries with hundreds of Bury:
3,717 Australia986
10,637 Germany955
1,501 Belarus948
7,108 Canada610
17,378 Ukraine368
25,348 Brazil311
50,475 Russia256
110,764 India186
10,527 Czechia169
2,702 Ireland152
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,306 Wales94
5,892 Scotland67
16,880 Slovakia61
7,033 Haiti61
11,103 New Zealand60
36,782 Netherlands54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
55,754 Argentina50
16,410 Switzerland45
1,760 New Caledonia36
42,856 Spain36
81,435 South Africa33
2,802 Guyana32
20,092 Norway31
89,453 Italy30
11,569 Ecuador27
51,043 Kazakhstan22
4,917 Luxembourg21
22,770 Denmark18
18,211 Singapore13
47,700 Israel12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
447,191 Thailand9
81,336 Sweden9
3,802 Hong Kong9
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Maid Hester Bury from Ireland aboard the Guy Mannering from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 18 years old when she arrived in New-York on July 22, 1850. Farmer Mary Bury, 14 years old John Bury, Mary Bury, aged 30, 25 years old M. Bury, D. Bury, aged 19, Immigrant B. Bury, Immigrant Catherine Bury, Ann Bury, aged 21, and 3 other Bury around 44.44% of whom were farmer while others worked as workman migrated to US.

From Germany

Elisabeth Bury was 48 years old when she migrated to New York on June 22, 1852. She lived in Baden and took Forest Monarch from Havre. Shoemaker Jacob Bury, Margareth Bury (16), Emil Bury (2), Emil Bury, Frederic Bury (10), Frederic Bury, Jacob Bury (34) Farmer, 34 years old Jacob Bury, and 36 other Bury around 45.45% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and servant migrated to US.

Bury Namesakes

  • Lady Charlotte Bury, English novelist
  • Bernard de Bury, French musician and court composer of the late Baroque era
  • Józef Bury, multidisciplinary artist
  • Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor
  • Edmund Bury, British rackets player
  • Richard de Bury, English priest, teacher, bishop, writer
  • J. B. Bury, Irish historian, classical scholar
  • Chris Bury, correspondent for America Tonight
  • Jan Bury, Polish politician
  • Ambrose Bury, politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton
  • Les Bury, Australian politician

Bury Namesakes

  • Lady Charlotte Bury, English novelist
  • Bernard de Bury, French musician and court composer of the late Baroque era
  • Józef Bury, multidisciplinary artist
  • Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor
  • Edmund Bury, British rackets player
  • Richard de Bury, English priest, teacher, bishop, writer
  • J. B. Bury, Irish historian, classical scholar
  • Chris Bury, correspondent for America Tonight
  • Jan Bury, Polish politician
  • Ambrose Bury, politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton
  • Les Bury, Australian politician

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