Callegan Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

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

Callegan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Callegan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2861:1,267,33989,284
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Callegan Last Name Facts

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

Callegan is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Callegan? popularity and diffusion

Callegan is the 917,199th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The last name Callegan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Callegan are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 286 people, or 1 in 1,267,339. In The United States Callegan is most common in: Louisiana, where 79 percent are found, Mississippi, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found.

Callegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Callegan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Callegan surname increased 953 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Callegan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Callegan last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Callegan surname are 46.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 92.86% registered to vote for the political party.

Callegan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.08% less than the national average, earning $40,957 USD 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 Callegan
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