Bougherty Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Bougherty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bougherty Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bougherty Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bougherty occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bougherty? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bougherty is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Bougherty live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most frequent in: Arkansas, where 20 percent live, California, where 20 percent live and Massachusetts, where 20 percent live.

Bougherty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bougherty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bougherty last name rose 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bougerty940/
Baugherty8912/
Bougherta891/
Bogerty8834/
Boggerty8245/
Bogertey8224/
Bougerta821/
Bogharty820/
Vaugherty783/
Bouguerte782/
Baugharty781/
Boggarty7119/
Baggerty713/
Vaughrety671/
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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 Bougherty
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