Home>Name Popularity>Last Names>C>Care-Carg>Carey>North Carolina

Carey

in North Carolina

There are 880 people with the last name "Carey" in North Carolina.

Add to web page

Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Carey 1,294
close
  1. is 1,290th most common Elder
  2. is 1,291st most common Mccurry
  3. is 1,292nd most common Vestal
  4. is 1,293rd most common Yancey
  5. is 1,294th most common Carey
  6. is 1,295th most common Hales
  7. is 1,296th most common Marlowe
  8. is 1,297th most common Preston
  9. is 1,298th most common Aiken

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Carey

Michael, Robert, James, John, William, Joseph, Thomas, Mary, Susan, David

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 North Carolina

Since June 2009
318

Most Popular Search

Michael Carey, NC (9 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv1)

© 2009 WhitePages Inc. - Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Microsoft MapPoint Terms of Use and Privacy Statement