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Carey

in California

There are 3,337 people with the last name "Carey" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Carey 790
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  1. is 786th most common Cornejo
  2. is 787th most common Ingram
  3. is 788th most common Solomon
  4. is 789th most common Houston
  5. is 790th most common Carey
  6. is 791st most common Randall
  7. is 792nd most common Barry
  8. is 793rd most common Katz
  9. is 794th most common Su

Similar Names and Nicknames

Corey, Carew, Core, Corea, Care, Cure, Carella, Carelli, Carel, Carelock

Most Common First Names for Carey

John, Michael, Robert, James, David, William, Richard, Mary

Meaning & History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, a midland family name meaning ‘descendant of Ciardha’, a personal name derived from ciar ‘dark’, ‘black’.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhiachra ‘son of Fiachra’.

English: habitational name from Carey in Devon or Cary in Somerset, named for the rivers on which they stand; both river names probably derive from the Celtic root car- ‘love’, ‘liking’, perhaps with the meaning ‘pleasant stream’.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the manor of Carrey, near Lisieux, Normandy, France, of uncertain origin.

Welsh and Cornish: variant of Carew.

Possibly an Americanized form of German Gehrig or Gehring.

Recent Searches for "Carey" in California

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John Carey, CA (9 searches)
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