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
Korey Political Affiliation
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Korey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Korey (Russian: Корей) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Korey? popularity and diffusion
Korey is the 196,045th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,406,987 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 46 percent of Korey reside; 41 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Korey is also the 72,521st most prevalent forename in the world, held by 7,763 people.
The last name Korey is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 545 people, or 1 in 665,062. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 13 percent live, Illinois, where 13 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name is found 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 occurrence of Korey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Korey surname rose 6,813 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 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 national average, with 55.3% registered to vote for 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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