Caragher Surname

908,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 293 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Caragher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Caragher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2581:1,404,88096,935
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
England101:5,571,806158,774
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland401:110,7476,785
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Caragher Last Name Facts

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

The last name Caragher occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Caragher? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 908,336th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 24,872,170 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Caragher are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 1,404,880. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 18 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Missouri, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Caragher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Caragher has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,358 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 65 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it declined 29 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Caragher Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Caragher surname are 15.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62% registered with the political party.

Caragher earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.9% more than the national average, earning $58,208 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 Caragher
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