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'.
- PetersCorey Demographics
Average Male Corey Height
177.31 cm
Average Female Corey Height
163.98 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Corey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Corey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Corey is found most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Corey.
How Common Is The Last Name Corey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 20,851st most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 278,469 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Corey live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. Corey is also the 6,256th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 168,138 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 20,776 people, or 1 in 17,446. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 9 percent reside, New York, where 7 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 71 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent reside and Israel, where 4 percent reside.
Corey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Corey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Corey surname expanded 578 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 225 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 73 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 185 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 950 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Corey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Corey surname is chiefly 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 national average, with 53.9% being registered with the 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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Footnotes
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