Explore the Family Name Scurry

The meaning of Scurry

Irish: shortened Anglicized form either of Gaelic Ó Scoireadh ‘descendant of Scoireadh’ or Ó Scurra (see Scarry). While some believe Ó Scoireadh and Ó Scurra to be localized forms of the same name, others regard them as two different names.

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How common is the last name Scurry in the United States?

The surname Scurry, based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, has experienced a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 12,902nd most popular surname, slipping to 13,171st by 2010, marking a drop of 2.08%. However, the count of individuals carrying this surname increased from 2,185 to 2,321, showing a growth of 6.22%. The proportion per 100k also showed a marginal decrease, from 0.81 to 0.79 during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#12,902	#13,171	-2.08%
Count	2,185	2,321	6.22%
Proportion per 100k	0.81	0.79	-2.47%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Scurry

As for the ethnicity of those with the surname Scurry, the data provided by the Decennial U.S. Census reveals interesting shifts in the last decade. The majority of people bearing the name are identified as Black, though this percentage slightly declined from 69.84% to 68.5%. White individuals constituted the next largest group, making up around 25% of all Scurrys, also experiencing a minor decrease. There was an increase in the number of individuals identifying with two or more races, going up by 35.71%, and Hispanic representation also rose from 1.88% to 2.63%. A new appearance in the 2010 Census was made by the Asian/Pacific Islander and the American Indian and Alaskan Native categories, albeit they represent a small portion of the total.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	69.84%	68.5%	-1.92%
White	25.49%	24.9%	-2.31%
Two or More Races	2.38%	3.23%	35.71%
Hispanic	1.88%	2.63%	39.89%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.39%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.34%	0%