Carey

in Pennsylvania

There are 2,484 people with the last name "Carey" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Carey 348
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  1. is 344th most common Chapman
  2. is 345th most common Mccullough
  3. is 346th most common Kurtz
  4. is 347th most common Walton
  5. is 348th most common Carey
  6. is 349th most common Duffy
  7. is 350th most common Curry
  8. is 351st most common Benson
  9. is 352nd most common Howell

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Carey

John, Robert, Thomas, James, Michael, William, David, Charles, Joseph, Richard



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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