Corey Forename
6,256th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 168,138 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Samoa
Corey Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 93% | 145,252 | 1:2,496 | 455 |
| Canada | 100% | 12,231 | 1:2,709 | 510 |
| Australia | - | 6,006 | 1:2,274 | 404 |
| England | 83% | 879 | 1:63,257 | 2,760 |
| New Zealand | - | 783 | 1:5,793 | 763 |
| Thailand | 100% | 304 | 1:230,480 | 14,401 |
| Barbados | - | 257 | 1:1,128 | 260 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 254 | 1:5,360 | 917 |
| Jamaica | - | 244 | 1:11,817 | 1,262 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| Chile | 50% | 129 | 1:136,490 | 3,014 |
| China | - | 95 | 1:14,379,535 | 59,972 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 93 | 1:327,419 | 16,313 |
| Germany | 100% | 87 | 1:1,111,240 | 8,313 |
| Japan | - | 77 | 1:1,662,157 | 18,349 |
| Mexico | 93% | 71 | 1:1,748,513 | 11,018 |
| Brazil | 100% | 65 | 1:3,295,941 | 59,155 |
| Wales | 69% | 63 | 1:49,116 | 1,723 |
| Scotland | 80% | 54 | 1:99,081 | 2,365 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Russia | 100% | 46 | 1:3,135,515 | 18,025 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 42 | 1:402,431 | 10,980 |
| Philippines | 55% | 40 | 1:2,650,237 | 54,762 |
| Hong Kong | - | 38 | 1:204,019 | 3,280 |
| Ireland | 100% | 33 | 1:140,713 | 3,035 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| South Africa | 58% | 31 | 1:1,759,118 | 54,898 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Bermuda | - | 26 | 1:2,493 | 518 |
| India | 100% | 26 | 1:46,726,076 | 818,939 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| South Korea | - | 24 | 1:231,018 | 8,270 |
| France | 100% | 23 | 1:2,890,015 | 14,536 |
| Singapore | 67% | 22 | 1:285,775 | 9,352 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Sweden | 94% | 20 | 1:492,895 | 12,671 |
| Qatar | - | 18 | 1:131,645 | 15,202 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Lebanon | 88% | 16 | 1:351,723 | 5,446 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 15 | 1:7,439 | 1,138 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,697,834 | 48,176 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 12 | 1:153,596 | 1,669 |
| Belgium | 100% | 12 | 1:957,503 | 11,814 |
| Italy | 96% | 11 | 1:5,551,099 | 24,143 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 11 | 1:746,681 | 9,974 |
| Afghanistan | - | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Grenada | 83% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Guyana | 100% | 10 | 1:76,326 | 6,296 |
| Bahamas | - | 9 | 1:44,374 | 1,233 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78% | 9 | 1:905,813 | 63,479 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 9 | 1:794,666 | 24,808 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| Ecuador | - | 6 | 1:2,954,486 | 13,743 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Peru | 75% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Spain | - | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Finland | 88% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Czechia | 91% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Indonesia | - | 3 | 1:85,987,889 | 1,072,651 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Uganda | - | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Corey (26,170) may also be a surname.
Corey Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Old English name, meaning: The chosen.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
The name Corey has several possible origins:
(Irish) It means 'dweller in a hollow'.
(Irish) From the name Corradh or Corra, meaning 'grandson of Corradh' or 'grandson of Corra'. The name Corradh or Corra means 'spear'.
(Scottish) It means 'from the Carrey town, Scotland'.
(Cornish, Bodmin) From Cory, an old Cornish-Bodmin name, during the 16th and 17th centuries there were mayors of the name.
(Latin) It means 'heart'.
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Corey Demographics
Average Corey Salary in
United States
$40,804 USD
Per year
Rank:
239,799 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0328939
Rank: 495 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
93.74%
Sample size: 66,454 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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