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Durick Surname Meaning

Americanized form of Slovak Ďurík Ďurik: from a pet form of the personal name Ďuro (see Durica). The surname Ďurík is also found in Serbia (Vojvodina); see also 4 below.

Probably also an Americanized form of East German (Saxony, Silesia, Bohemia) Dürich, a habitational name for someone from Thuringia (see Doering) or of the Swiss German cognate Dürig (see Durig).

Irish: variant of Durack, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhraic, thought to be from Ó Dubhratha ‘descendant of Dubhratha’, a personal name meaning ‘black one of prosperity’. This surname is rare in Ireland and Britain.

In some cases, possibly also an Americanized form of Serbian and Croatian Đurić (see Djuric) or Slovenian Durič, or Bosniak Durić (see Duric); see also 1 above.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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Between 1958 and 2004, in the United States, Durick life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1958, and highest in 1980. The average life expectancy for Durick in 1958 was 34, and 71 in 2004.

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