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There are approximately 10,604 people named Drury in the UK. That makes it the 1,002nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 168 are named Drury.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

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The Drury surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

DRURY. The founder of the family in England is mentioned in the Battel-Abbey Roll. He settled first at Thurston and subsequently at Rougham, co. Suffolk, and his descendants continued in possession of that estate for about six hundred years. B.L.G.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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