Barrigan Surname

752,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Barrigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barrigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1871:297,95822,741
United States1591:2,279,616142,122
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

The alternate forms: Barrigán (1) are calculated separately.

Barrigan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Barrigan is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Barrigán. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Barrigan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 752,779th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 19,127,417 people. The last name Barrigan is mostly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Barrigan live; 49 percent live in Northern Europe and 49 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 297,958. In England it is mostly found in: Merseyside, where 39 percent are found, Durham, where 21 percent are found and Cheshire, where 15 percent are found. Outside of England this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 42 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Barrigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Barrigan has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 645 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 196 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Barrigan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Barrigan surname are 18.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.86% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Barrigan earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 10.25% more than the national average, earning $25,028,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.05% less than the national average, earning $38,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.03% less than the national average, earning $36,752 CAD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Barrigan
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