Carey

in Virginia

There are 1,384 people with the last name "Carey" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Carey 536
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  1. is 532nd most common Burnette
  2. is 533rd most common Cummings
  3. is 534th most common Perdue
  4. is 535th most common Seay
  5. is 536th most common Carey
  6. is 537th most common Cochran
  7. is 538th most common Gillespie
  8. is 539th most common Joyce
  9. is 540th most common Beach

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Carey

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



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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