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Carey

in Illinois

There are 1,976 people with the last name "Carey" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Carey 458
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  1. is 454th most common Boyer
  2. is 455th most common Juarez
  3. is 456th most common Stein
  4. is 457th most common Figueroa
  5. is 458th most common Carey
  6. is 459th most common Cain
  7. is 460th most common Cortez
  8. is 461st most common Pena
  9. is 462nd most common Cervantes

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Carey

John, Michael, James, Thomas, Robert, Brian, David, William, Mary, Patrick

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.

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