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) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karey is the 418,171st most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 98,257th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 4,834 people.
The last name Karey is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 443,789. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Maluku, where 97 percent are found, Southeast Sulawesi, where 2 percent are found and West Papua, where 1 percent are found. Other than Indonesia Karey occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 16 percent are found.
Karey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Karey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Karey surname rose 615 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Karey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Karey last name is principally Methodist (56%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Karey last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% 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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