# Airey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/airey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 672 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,856 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 459,443 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.5% (704 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Eary |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old Norse eyrará (“gravel-bank stream”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Airey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Airey in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Airey

- Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey, British Army general (1803-1881)

## Similar surnames

Arey, Arroyo, Auer, Ayer, Araya, Ary, Arya.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.