Carrigan Surname

39,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Carrigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carrigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,9711:40,4034,968
Canada1,1061:33,3144,301
England1,0171:54,7876,662
Australia8161:33,0834,374
Scotland5691:9,4091,332
Ireland3661:12,8661,546
Northern Ireland1041:17,7412,266
New Zealand941:48,1747,829
Wales181:171,91811,581
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
France81:8,302,840321,660
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
China21:683,660,78330,601
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5191:8,5351,281
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3321:11,2751,392
England2441:99,89910,088
Jersey41:12,9712,116
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4581:20,4312,587

Carrigan (61) may also be a first name.

Carrigan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Carrigan is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Carrigan.

How Common Is The Last Name Carrigan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 39,866th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 553,513 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Carrigan are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Carrigan is also the 1,257,960th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 61 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 8,971 people, or 1 in 40,403. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and North Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States Carrigan is found in 40 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.

Carrigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Carrigan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Carrigan last name grew 365 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 417 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 29 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Carrigan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Carrigan surname is primarily Catholic (92%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Carrigan last name are 14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.77% registered with the party.

The amount Carrigan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.67% more than the national average, earning $44,302 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.54% less than the national average, earning $47,924 CAD per year.

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Carrigan 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 Carrigan
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