Where Does the Currey Surname Come From?

Genealogists group Currey with Curry. Its meaning, shared with Curry, is “Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mhuirich or Ó Comhraidhe”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• The extra “e” in Currey is a spelling habit rather than a different name.
• The same family of names includes Currie.
• 2,672 Americans were listed as Currey in the 2010 census.

Arms associated with the name

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