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
Karey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Karey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karey (Marathi: कारेय, Russian: Карей) is found most in Indonesia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 418,171st most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Karey reside; 36 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 36 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Karey is also the 98,257th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 4,834 people.
The surname Karey is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 443,789. In Indonesia Karey is most frequent in: Maluku, where 97 percent live, Southeast Sulawesi, where 2 percent live and West Papua, where 1 percent live. Excluding Indonesia Karey occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 16 percent live.
Karey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Karey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Karey last name increased 615 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Karey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Karey surname is chiefly 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 to vote for the political 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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- 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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