Kéry Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Kéry Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 281 | 1:34,933 | 3,803 |
| Slovakia | 120 | 1:44,470 | 8,422 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
The alternate forms: Kery (763) are calculated separately.
Kéry Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kéry Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kéry has its highest incidence in Hungary. It can be rendered as: Kery. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kéry? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 701,000th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kéry live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
The surname Kéry is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 34,933. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Budapest, where 45 percent are found, Győr-Moson-Sopron County, where 16 percent are found and Pest County, where 11 percent are found. Besides Hungary this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 29 percent are found and Czechia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kery | 92 | 763 | / |
| Kéray | 89 | 18 | / |
| Kérey | 89 | 16 | / |
| Khéry | 89 | 1 | / |
| Khéiry | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kéri | 75 | 3,630 | / |
| Kiry | 75 | 1,066 | / |
| Kéré | 75 | 20 | / |
| Céry | 75 | 17 | / |
| Kyry | 75 | 13 | / |
| Kéra | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kerry | 67 | 14,220 | / |
| Kuiry | 67 | 5,695 | / |
| Kiray | 67 | 3,127 | / |
| Khiry | 67 | 2,976 | / |
| Keary | 67 | 2,159 | / |
| Koiry | 67 | 2,137 | / |
| Kairy | 67 | 2,032 | / |
| Kerey | 67 | 1,255 | / |
| Kyryi | 67 | 1,094 | / |
| Kirey | 67 | 930 | / |
| Keery | 67 | 857 | / |
| Kiriy | 67 | 755 | / |
| Keray | 67 | 481 | / |
| Khery | 67 | 452 | / |
| Kyrys | 67 | 290 | / |
| Kiryo | 67 | 187 | / |
| Kirry | 67 | 130 | / |
| Keriy | 67 | 130 | / |
| Keryo | 67 | 112 | / |
| Kiroy | 67 | 78 | / |
| Keiry | 67 | 62 | / |
| Keroy | 67 | 56 | / |
| Keryz | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kehry | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kiery | 67 | 29 | / |
| Kirzy | 67 | 23 | / |
| Kiruy | 67 | 18 | / |
| Kyriy | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kiory | 67 | 11 | / |
| Quéry | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kayry | 67 | 6 | / |
| Keryi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kérai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khyry | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kyroy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Keury | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kerzy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kyryo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kyrey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kyryy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyrhy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyryp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kajry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kıray | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyryś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiryś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiryd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kirhy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khèry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keïry | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keyry | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kéry
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis