Carbry Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Carbry Surname Definition:
CAIRBRE: From the Old Irish personal name Coirpre, later Cairbre. Spelled Coirpri in Lib. Armagh. The church of S. Carpre de Dunescor in Galloway is mentioned in the reign of William the Lion (LSC., p. 214). Carbre Mackan, juror on an inquest held at Gerwan (Girvan), 1260 (Bain, I, 2674).
Read More About This SurnameCarbry Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 49 | 1:109,262 | 7,254 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
Carbry Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
CAIRBRE: From the Old Irish personal name Coirpre, later Cairbre. Spelled Coirpri in Lib. Armagh. The church of S. Carpre de Dunescor in Galloway is mentioned in the reign of William the Lion (LSC., p. 214). Carbre Mackan, juror on an inquest held at Gerwan (Girvan), 1260 (Bain, I, 2674). See Maccairbre.
(Celtic) Charioteer [Irish Cairbre —cairb(h, a chariot + the suff. -re] The Carbury or Carbery baronies in Longford and Sligo were so called from Cairbre, one of the sons of Niall of the Nine Hostages, King of Ireland from A.D. 379 to 405.
Carbry Demographics
Carbry Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Carbry Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Carbry Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Carbry is most common in Scotland. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Carbry? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,372,517th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. Carbry is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Carbry reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 85 percent reside in British Isles.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Scotland, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 109,262. In Scotland it is most frequent in: South Lanarkshire, where 37 percent reside, North Lanarkshire, where 33 percent reside and Glasgow City, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Scotland Carbry is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Carbry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Carbry has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Carbry last name grew 445 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Carbry Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Carbry last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbray | 92 | 273 | / |
| Carbrey | 92 | 239 | / |
| Carbrry | 92 | 1 | / |
| Scarbry | 92 | 0 | / |
| Sarbry | 83 | 19 | / |
| Carbri | 83 | 4 | / |
| Carbre | 83 | 4 | / |
| Carbra | 83 | 3 | / |
| Corbry | 83 | 2 | / |
| Corbray | 77 | 102 | / |
| Charbri | 77 | 24 | / |
| Corbrey | 77 | 14 | / |
| Carbrer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Carvrey | 77 | 2 | / |
| Carbrea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Carbret | 77 | 1 | / |
| Carbrie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saurbry | 77 | 0 | / |
| Zarbray | 77 | 0 | / |
| Saurbrey | 71 | 23 | / |
| Zaurbray | 71 | 9 | / |
| Charbhre | 71 | 7 | / |
| Searbrey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Carbrett | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sarbri | 67 | 9 | / |
| Corvry | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zarbra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Corbri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cárbri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Carbrecht | 67 | 0 | / |
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