Careys Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Careys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Careys (167) may also be a first name.
Careys Demographics
Careys Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Careys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Careys Come From? nationality or country of origin
Careys occurs more in Somalia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Careys? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Careys are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 708,111th most numerous given name on earth. It is borne by 167 people.
This last name is most common in Somalia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,494,673. Barring Somalia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Ireland, where 6 percent are found.
Careys Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Careys surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Careys
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