Corey Surname
Approximately 26,170 people bear this surname
Corey Surname Definition:
(Irish) Dweller in, or by, a hollow; grandson of Corradh or Corra (spear).
Read More About This SurnameCorey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,776 | 1:17,446 | 2,209 |
| Canada | 1,415 | 1:26,039 | 3,493 |
| Israel | 989 | 1:8,653 | 1,353 |
| Australia | 690 | 1:39,124 | 5,070 |
| Syria | 472 | 1:40,892 | 2,383 |
| Lebanon | 440 | 1:12,812 | 1,817 |
| Northern Ireland | 321 | 1:5,748 | 1,059 |
| England | 302 | 1:184,497 | 16,523 |
| Iraq | 272 | 1:128,756 | 3,545 |
| Chile | 77 | 1:228,785 | 7,030 |
| Ireland | 67 | 1:70,283 | 4,402 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Jordan | 27 | 1:327,498 | 11,460 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:128,939 | 9,528 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Palestine | 10 | 1:454,885 | 12,564 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 249 | 1:17,791 | 2,160 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 134 | 1:181,906 | 14,990 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:120,647 | 5,000 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,594 | 1:13,973 | 1,792 |
Corey (168,138) may also be a first name.
Corey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Irish) Dweller in, or by, a hollow; grandson of Corradh or Corra (spear).
Carrey, local, a town in Scotland. The word conveys the idea of roundness, bending, turning, the winding of a stream. Gaelic, car; Welsh, cor, a circle, a dell, a glen; caire, a circular hollow surrounded by hills.
Cory is an old Bodmin name; during the 16th and 17th centuries there were mayors of the name (M.).
User-submitted Reference
Corey is an Irish surname, which has two possible meanings:
1. It means 'dweller in a hollow'.
2. It means 'grandson of Corradh' (Gaelic spelling) or 'grandson of Corra' (Latin spelling). The name Corradh or Corra means 'spear'.
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Corey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Corey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Corey occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Corey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Corey? popularity and diffusion
Corey is the 20,851st most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 278,469 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Corey reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 6,256th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 168,138 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 20,776 people, or 1 in 17,446. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent are found, New York, where 7 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 71 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent are found and Israel, where 4 percent are found.
Corey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Corey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Corey surname increased 578 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 225 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 73 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it increased 185 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 950 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Corey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Corey last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Syriac Orthodox (71%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Corey last name are 7.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.9% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Corey earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.54% more than the national average, earning $45,108 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.11% less than the national average, earning $49,629 CAD per year.
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Corey Reference & Research
Corley DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Corey/Cory FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Corey/Cory FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Corley FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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