Scurry

See also: scurry

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoireadh (“descendant of Scoireadh”).

Proper noun

Scurry (countable and uncountable, plural Scurrys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A town in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

• Scurry County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Scurry is the 13171^st 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.