Carragher Surname

174,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,457 people bear this surname

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

Carragher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carragher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7381:491,13741,458
Ireland4601:10,2371,339
England4281:130,18212,904
Canada2661:138,51714,271
Northern Ireland2281:8,0921,363
Australia1751:154,26116,255
Scotland1011:53,0084,503
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Wales91:343,83718,086
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
France11:66,422,722504,397
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3291:13,4651,777
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
Scotland181:207,9567,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

Carragher Last Name Facts

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

Carragher is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Carragher.

How Common Is The Last Name Carragher? popularity and diffusion

It is the 174,572nd most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,966,034 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Carragher live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 738 people, or 1 in 491,137. In The United States Carragher is most common in: New York, where 19 percent live, New Jersey, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 19 percent live and England, where 17 percent live.

Carragher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Carragher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Carragher surname increased 911 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 140 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 1,646 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 561 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Carragher Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Carragher surname are 3.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.27% being registered with the party.

The amount Carragher earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 199.26% more than the national average, earning R 711,144 per year; in United States they earn 27.08% more than the national average, earning $54,833 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.72% more than the national average, earning $52,523 CAD per year.

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Carragher Reference & Research

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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 Carragher
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