Korey Surname
Approximately 2,139 people bear this surname
Korey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 545 | 1:665,062 | 53,113 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Indonesia | 388 | 1:340,848 | 29,628 |
| Niger | 365 | 1:52,581 | 2,601 |
| India | 167 | 1:4,593,206 | 118,643 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Korey (7,763) may also be a first name.
Korey Demographics
Average Korey Salary in
United States
$55,107 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Korey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Korey (Russian: Корей) is most common in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Korey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 196,045th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,406,987 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 46 percent of Korey live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 72,521st most prevalent first name globally, held by 7,763 people.
The surname Korey is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 545 people, or 1 in 665,062. In The United States Korey is most frequent in: Florida, where 13 percent live, Illinois, where 13 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 18 percent live.
Korey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Korey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Korey surname increased 6,813 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Korey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Korey last name are 2.07% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.3% registered with the party.
The amount Korey earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 27.71% more than the national average, earning $55,107 USD per year and in Canada they earn 232.43% more than the national average, earning $165,162 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Korey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korey in the Russian language | ||
| Корей | korej | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Korey
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