Callghan Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Callghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Callghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Callghan Last Name Facts

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

Callghan is more commonly found in Northern Ireland than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Callghan? popularity and diffusion

Callghan is the 5,057,639th most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Callghan occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Callghan are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles.

Callghan is most prevalent in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 230,630. In Northern Ireland it is most frequent in: Ulster, where 100 percent reside. Not including Northern Ireland it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Austria, where 7 percent reside.

Callghan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Callghan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 71 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Callghan Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Callgahan942/
Calghan932/
Callgan930/
Callinghan896/
Chalghan881/
Callgham880/
Calgan8657/
Callingan821/
Calngan80103/
Calgand805/
Collgan803/
Salghan802/
Kalghan801/
Colghan800/
Collinghan781/
Calingahan781/
Calingan75185/
Jalghane754/
Calgagne751/
Coulghan751/
Cagligan751/
Callgone751/
Colgan7110,038/
Salgan711,550/
Çalgan711,292/
Kalgan71297/
Calgam71158/
Calganova7118/
Calinggan7110/
Jalgan716/
Calgon716/
Collingan715/
Kallingan714/
Calingain711/
Zalgan711/
Kalinghan711/
Colinghan710/
Colgain6746/
Sollgan6728/
Kalngan6724/
Solghan6717/
Collgon6710/
Kalgane677/
Ciolgan672/
Colhgan672/
Kalingahan671/
Jallgam671/
Collinghon671/
Jalgham671/
Colgane670/

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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 Callghan
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