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Carey

in South Carolina

There are 457 people with the last name "Carey" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Carey 1,199
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  1. is 1,195th most common Keitt
  2. is 1,196th most common Trammell
  3. is 1,197th most common Nobles
  4. is 1,198th most common Swanson
  5. is 1,199th most common Carey
  6. is 1,200th most common Gutierrez
  7. is 1,201st most common Brockington
  8. is 1,202nd most common Browder
  9. is 1,203rd most common Forrest

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Carey

James, John, David, Michael, Robert, Thomas, Brian, Charles, Linda, Susan

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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