Carey

in the US

There are 46,049 people with the last name "Carey" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Carey 519
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  1. is 515th most common Richard
  2. is 516th most common Wilkins
  3. is 517th most common Wall
  4. is 518th most common Hoover
  5. is 519th most common Carey
  6. is 520th most common Clayton
  7. is 521st most common Bass
  8. is 522nd most common Molina
  9. is 523rd most common Holloway

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, David, Thomas, Richard, Mary, Patricia



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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