Carbury Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Guyana

Carbury Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Carberry,' a parish in County Kildare, Ireland. As this surname looks very English, I insert it to prevent any misapprehension.

1743. Philip Carbery and Mary Chester: Marriage Lic (London).

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Carbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland361:148,7178,826
Australia291:930,88655,860
United States251:14,498,357517,445
England211:2,653,24194,788
Wales131:238,04114,239
Ireland121:392,41215,634
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Guyana91:84,6916,279
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland501:88,5975,964
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:881,03053,642

Carbury Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Carberry,' a parish in County Kildare, Ireland. As this surname looks very English, I insert it to prevent any misapprehension.

1743. Philip Carbery and Mary Chester: Marriage Lic (London).

1792. Married — The Right Hon. George Evans, Baron Carbery, and Susan Watson: St. George, Hanover Square.

1806. — John Dollman and Jemima Mary Carbery. ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the lands of Carberry in the parish of Inveresk, Midlothian. Johannes de Crebarrin filius Gilleberti de Crebarrin made two grants of lands from his territory of Crebarrin, c. 1230, and about the same period Adam filius Patricii de Crebarrin gifted four bovates of his land of Crebarrin to the Abbey of Dunfermelin (RD., p. 102—105). Alexander Crabarri, juror on forfeited estates in Lothian, 1312 (Bain, 111,245). William Carbery, M.A., petitioned for a canonry of Aberdeen, 1406 (Pap. Pet., I, p. 624).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Carbury Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Carbury Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Carbury is carried by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Carbury? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,364,059th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Carbury live; 56 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Scotland, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 148,717. In Scotland Carbury is most prevalent in: Glasgow City, where 78 percent are found, North Lanarkshire, where 19 percent are found and Stirlingshire, where 3 percent are found. Barring Scotland Carbury is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Carbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Carbury has changed over time. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name grew 720 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it fell 56 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 53 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 76 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Carbury Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Carbury surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Carbury earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.07% more than the national average, earning $70,583 CAD per year.

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