Scurry
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See also: scurry
English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoireadh (“descendant of Scoireadh”).
Proper noun
Scurry (countable and uncountable, plural Scurrys)
- A surname from Irish.
- A town in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Scurry is the 13171st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2321 individuals. Scurry is most common among Black/African American (68.5%) and White (24.9%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scurry”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.