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 found most frequently in Northern Ireland. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Callghan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Callghan is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Callghan live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 230,630. In Northern Ireland Callghan is mostly concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Apart from Northern Ireland Callghan occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Austria, where 7 percent live.

Callghan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Callghan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Callghan surname fell 71 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Callghan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally 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
  • 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 Callghan
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