Gorey Family History
Gorey Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: reduced Americanized form of Mac
Gafraidh or Mac Gofraidh ‘son of Gafradh’ (see
McCaffrey).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gorey Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gorey families
 27 - 51  10 - 26 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gorey families
|
40 - 77 14 - 39 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Gorey last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gorey Family Origin
Gorey Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gorey
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Gorey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Gorey Civil War Service Records
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