Callighen Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Callighen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Callighen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080

Callighen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Callighen is more commonly found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Callighen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Callighen live; 97 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Callighen is most numerous in Canada, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 1,535,233. In Canada it is most frequent in: Ontario, where 79 percent live, Nova Scotia, where 8 percent live and Alberta, where 4 percent live. Other than Canada this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Callighen Last Name Statistics demography

Callighen earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.48% more than the national average, earning $53,397 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Calligen940/
Calighen940/
Calleghen890/
Callign880/
Colligen8219/
Caligene821/
Caligin753/
Coligen753/
Kaligen751/
Caliging7169/
Calughin7127/
Kaligene7121/
Salighin716/
Caligine715/
Caliguin713/
Colligin710/
Caliguing677/
Caleaghin672/
Colign671/

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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 Callighen
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