Irey is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Irey
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Irey

How popular is Irey?

Irey is common in United States.

Irey is ranked 212270 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ireies plummeted by 6.20155 per cent to 968 since 2000 and slipped by 2414 spots and ranked at 25518. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.25 95.16
Hispanic or Latino 1.96 1.45
Others 1.45 1.16
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.62 0
Irey is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 1591 people have been found who wears Irey as their family name. Irey have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
723,167 Indonesia2
95,312 Argentina2
18,625 Japan2
28,365 Kenya1
29,595 Iran1
53,033 Nigeria1
11,486 Estonia1
897,276 Russia1
7,314 Bolivia1
448,262 Canada1
Countries with hundreds of Irey:
27,627 Turkey175
12,632 Peru114
Countries with thousands of Irey:
24,031 United States1,289

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Irey worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Roscius and arrived on May 13, 1850.

Comments

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Elicia Rossow
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of words will EGI meaning: where grows the fern this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Irey Namesakes

  • Ayoola Ireyomi, Cinematographer
  • Diana Irey, Politician
  • Mary Irey, Actor
  • Richard K Irey, Author

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