Geary Surname
Approximately 27,392 people bear this surname
Geary Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Geri.' A personal name as old as Domesday. Uxor Geri was a tenant-in-chief in Gloucestershire. Lower gives both Gery and Geri as Domesday forms. Both occur frequently in the Hundred Rolls.
Read More About This SurnameGeary Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,119 | 1:21,173 | 2,670 |
| England | 4,435 | 1:12,563 | 1,855 |
| Australia | 1,744 | 1:15,479 | 2,195 |
| Ireland | 1,555 | 1:3,028 | 565 |
| Canada | 784 | 1:46,997 | 5,748 |
| New Zealand | 580 | 1:7,807 | 1,323 |
| Northern Ireland | 281 | 1:6,566 | 1,183 |
| Scotland | 191 | 1:28,030 | 2,966 |
| South Africa | 180 | 1:300,987 | 28,973 |
| Wales | 163 | 1:18,985 | 2,033 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| Jersey | 36 | 1:2,756 | 488 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Jamaica | 19 | 1:151,050 | 5,132 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Isle of Man | 11 | 1:7,802 | 1,618 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,110 | 1:3,991 | 704 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,228 | 1:10,940 | 1,672 |
| Wales | 68 | 1:23,065 | 1,326 |
| Scotland | 58 | 1:64,538 | 3,942 |
| Jersey | 11 | 1:4,717 | 830 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,349 | 1:14,995 | 1,920 |
Geary (3,300) may also be a first name.
Geary Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Geri.' A personal name as old as Domesday. Uxor Geri was a tenant-in-chief in Gloucestershire. Lower gives both Gery and Geri as Domesday forms. Both occur frequently in the Hundred Rolls.
Richard Jery, Hampshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John Cery, Bedfordshire, ibid.
Nicholas Gery, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Dionise Geri, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Walter Geri, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
1521. Thomas Jary, vicar of Binham, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.
1645. Married — John Barnes and Dorithy Geary: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).
1646. — John Gerey and Elizabeth Sabin: St Peter, Cornhill.
1745. — John Comey and Elizabeth Geary: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) Changeable [Middle English ge(e)ry, changeable, giddy; Old English gearo, ready, quick] Nicholas Gery.—Hundred Rolls ffor here gery laces....— Richard the Redeless, iii. 130. Now it shyneth, now it reyneth faste; Right so kan geery Venus overcaste The hertes of hir folk.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 1535-7.
In Co. Cork, where Geary is mainly found, it is Ó Gadhra, the Munster branch of the O’Garas. It may also be for Mac Gadhera of Co. Roscominon. IF 155
(Irish) Grandson of Gadhra (hound or hunting dog).
An old personal name. Uxor Geri was a tenant-in-chief in co. Gloucester. Domesd. Gery, Geri. Domesd.
Gere, or Gerry, armorially identified. William de Gueri 1165 held lands in capite in Passy, Normandy (Feod. Norm. Duchesne). He or his son occurs in Normandy as William Gere 1195-8 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). In 1194 Radulph Gari was of Northants (Rotuli Curiae Regis). In 1235 Roger le May had a suit at Bedford against Walter Gerey (Roberts, Excerpt.). Of this name are the baronets Geary.
From the Old Norse, Gem; from the French, Géry; from the Danish, Gier, Gjeraae; from the Flemish, Giers; from the German, Geyer, Gierig; in the Domesday Book, Gheri; a personal name.
Geary was the name of the rector of Swepston in the middle of the 17th century. Thomas Geary, prebendary, was patron of the chapelry of Knighton in 1734. There was a Lindley family of this name last century. William Geary, an opulent farmer of Old Hays, died in 1795 (N.).
Geary Demographics
Average Geary Salary in
United States
$45,228 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Geary Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geary Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geary occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Geary? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 19,971st most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 266,047 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Geary are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 124,534th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 3,300 people.
The surname Geary is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 17,119 people, or 1 in 21,173. In The United States Geary is mostly concentrated in: California, where 8 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 8 percent reside and New York, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The United States it is found in 65 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.
Geary Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Geary has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Geary last name grew 511 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 199 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 140 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 329 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 240 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Geary Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Geary surname is primarily Catholic (91%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Geary surname are 7.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.94% being registered with the political party.
The amount Geary earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 168.14% more than the national average, earning R 637,212 per year; in United States they earn 4.82% more than the national average, earning $45,228 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.4% more than the national average, earning $52,366 CAD per year.
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Geary Reference & Research
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