Karey Surname
Approximately 831 people bear this surname
Karey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 298 | 1:443,789 | 37,006 |
| United States | 166 | 1:2,183,488 | 137,532 |
| Australia | 131 | 1:206,074 | 20,044 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Iran | 39 | 1:1,968,783 | 70,616 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
Karey (4,834) may also be a first name.
Karey Demographics
Average Karey Salary in
United States
$51,797 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karey (Marathi: कारेय, Russian: Карей) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karey.
How Common Is The Last Name Karey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karey is the 418,171st most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Karey are found; 36 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 36 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Karey is also the 98,257th most prevalent forename globally, borne by 4,834 people.
It is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 298 people, or 1 in 443,789. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Maluku, where 97 percent reside, Southeast Sulawesi, where 2 percent reside and West Papua, where 1 percent reside. Beside Indonesia Karey exists in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Australia, where 16 percent reside.
Karey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Karey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Karey last name expanded 615 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Karey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Methodist (56%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Karey surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the party.
The amount Karey earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 20.04% more than the national average, earning $51,797 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.33% less than the national average, earning $43,556 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karey in the Marathi language | ||
| कारेय | kareya | - |
| Karey in the Russian language | ||
| Карей | karej | - |
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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
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- 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 Karey
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