Callaghans Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Callaghans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Callaghans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Callaghans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Callaghans is found most frequently in Ireland. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Callaghans? popularity and diffusion

Callaghans is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Callaghans live; 25 percent live in Caribbean and 25 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean.

Callaghans is most frequent in Ireland, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 4,708,939. Without taking into account Ireland this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 25 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Calagans891/
Colaghyans802/
Calacans7832/
Galagans781/
Calaguns781/
Kalaganis7472/
Calacanis7424/
Callaghan-Ezoua721/
Galgans711/
Kalachanis7084/
Chalaganje7027/
Kolaghanas701/
Calcanas67169/
Calcanes6754/
Calcanis6730/
Galganes672/
Calcanos671/
Calkains670/
Kalaganje632/
Kalaganche6031/

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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 Callaghans
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