Athenry Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Athenry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Athenry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Athenry Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Athenry Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Athenry is found most in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Athenry.

How Common Is The Last Name Athenry? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Athenry live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most numerous in: Virginia, where 80 percent reside and Maryland, where 20 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 25 percent reside and Zambia, where 13 percent reside.

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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 Athenry
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