Derry Family History
Derry Name Meaning
English: variant of Deary, or alternatively a nickname
for a merchant or tradesman, from Anglo-French darree
‘pennyworth’, from Old French denree.Irish:
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Doiridh, the name of an
eccesiastical family from Donegal, meaning ‘descendant of
Doireadh’. Derry is often confused with Deery.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Derry Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Derry families
 59 - 115  20 - 58 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Derry families
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176 - 349 59 - 175 |
1 - 58 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Derry families
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35 - 68 12 - 34 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Derry Family Origin
Derry Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Derry
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Derry Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Derry Civil War Service Records
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