Drewry Surname

76,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Drewry Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'a lover, a sweetheart, a darling'; Old French druerie.

'Or beare the name of Druerie.'

Chaucer, R. of R. 5064.

The virgin is described as 'Cristes drurie' in Arthour and Merlin (Halliwell).

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Drewry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9371:123,41113,143
Israel2,6011:3,290452
England4831:115,35811,789
Canada1761:209,35020,314
Australia551:490,83137,357
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Mexico201:6,206,31032,158
Qatar191:124,10514,725
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
France51:13,284,544357,392
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4491:54,2886,497
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5801:86,5848,992

Drewry (234) may also be a first name.

Drewry Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'a lover, a sweetheart, a darling'; Old French druerie.

'Or beare the name of Druerie.'

Chaucer, R. of R. 5064.

The virgin is described as 'Cristes drurie' in Arthour and Merlin (Halliwell).'It is as dereworthe (precious) a drury As deere God hymselven.': Vision of Piers Plowman.

Alice Druerie, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Nigel Drury, Yorkshire, ibid.

Thomas Drory, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus Drory, 1379: ibid.

Johannes Drury, 1379: ibid.

1629. Married — Thomas Errington and Jone Drewrye: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1662. — Francis Drury and Elizabeth Terry: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Drury, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The founder of the family in England is mentioned in the Battel-Abbey Boll. 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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A jewel.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Drury, Drewry, or Drewery, is an ancient Lincolnshire name. As Drury, and occasionally as Drewery and Druery, it was established in this county and in the adjacent counties of York and Cambridge in the 13th century (H. R.). Drewry was the name of the mayors of Lincoln in 1543, 1754, and 1761 (St.). There were Drewrys in Leake in the reign of Charles I. (T.). The name is still established in Lincoln and Leake. Thomas Drewree was rector of Wroot in 1504 (Sto.) During the 17th century four or five of the mayors of Nottingham bore the name of Drury (Deering's "Nottingham"). There was an old and distinguished family of Drury, of Rougham and Hawsted, Suffolk, in whose possession the family estate had continued for 600 years (L.).; this Suffolk family apparently gave rise to the Drurys of Besthorp, Norfolk, four centuries ago (Cullum's "Hawsted").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

The surname Drury or Drewry have developed from the Old English word drēoriġ (IPA: /ˈdre͜oː.rij/), meaning 'sad', 'bloody' or 'gory'. The Old Norse language has a similar word dreyrigr of the same meaning.

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Drewry Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Drewry Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Drewry occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Drewry? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 76,812th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,142,965 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Drewry are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Drewry is also the 585,759th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 234 people.

It is most common in The United States, where it is held by 2,937 people, or 1 in 123,411. In The United States it is primarily found in: Virginia, where 18 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Texas, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 41 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

Drewry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Drewry has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Drewry surname increased 506 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 108 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drewry Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Drewry surname are 10.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.23% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Drewry earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.49% more than the national average, earning R 443,160 per year; in United States they earn 2.08% less than the national average, earning $42,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.46% less than the national average, earning $44,487 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drewrey92170/
Drowry830/
Derwri671/
Drevre670/
Dribrey621/
Driszwrit530/
Derbre50106/
Derbré502/
Dribri501/
Derbri501/

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