Carraghar Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

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

Carraghar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carraghar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Carraghar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Carraghar is borne by more people in Northern Ireland than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carraghar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Carraghar live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most prevalent in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 230,630. Barring Northern Ireland this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 11 percent reside.

Carraghar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Carraghar has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people who held the Carraghar surname fell 83 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Carraghar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Carraghar surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Carraghar
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