Find out how popular the last name Bury is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bury.

Bury, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bury surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bury in America

Bury is the 11296th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bury surname appeared 2,796 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Bury.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bury to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bury

The surname "BURY" has its origins in England, where it first emerged in the medieval period. It is derived from the Old English word "burg," meaning a fortified town or borough. This suggests that the earliest bearers of this name were likely residents of a particular town or borough, or may have lived near one.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, a comprehensive survey of landholdings in England commissioned by William the Conqueror. Here, the name is listed in various spellings, such as "de Burgo" and "atte Bury."

In the 13th century, there are records of individuals with the surname "Bury" residing in counties such as Suffolk, Norfolk, and Essex, which were home to numerous towns and boroughs at the time. This further reinforces the link between the name and its geographical origins.

Some notable individuals throughout history who bore the surname "Bury" include:

1. Richard de Bury (c. 1287 - 1345), an English philosopher, writer, and bibliophile who served as the Bishop of Durham and was a tutor to King Edward III.

2. John Bury (c. 1580 - 1667), an English Puritan and one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America.

3. Bury St. Edmunds (1092 - 1224), an English monk and historian who wrote a chronicle of the abbeys of Bury St. Edmunds and Peterborough.

4. William Bury (1795 - 1866), an English civil engineer who designed and constructed several notable bridges, including the Ouse Bridge in Bedford.

5. J. B. Bury (1861 - 1927), an Irish historian and scholar who wrote extensively on the Byzantine Empire and ancient Greece.

The name "Bury" has also been associated with various place names throughout England, such as Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, which was once a significant monastic town, and Bury in Lancashire, which was an important mill town during the Industrial Revolution.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bury

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bury.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bury was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bury has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bury was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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