How common is the last name Carey?

53,736 people in the United States have the last name Carey, about 1 in 5,562. It ranks #614 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CAREY

#614

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
53,736
About
1 in 5,562
This common or more
34.2%
Who bears it

Of the 53,736 people with the last name Carey, 77.8% reported their origin as White, 13.2% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Carey

#612 Rocha · 53,864#613 Wilcox · 53,767#615 Jefferson · 53,646#616 Davenport · 53,635

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carey, most common first.

#3,212 Cary · 10,955#12,731 Carew · 2,315#27,800 Care · 917#28,469 Carry · 891#95,069 Carrey · 206

Also a first name

As a first name, Carey ranks #1,505 of 53,615, with 22,072 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1975, with 1,058 births. See Carey as a first name

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