Carrighan Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Carrighan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carrighan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Carrighan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Carrighan occurs most in England. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Carrighan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Carrighan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Carrighan are found; 56 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Carrighan is most common in England, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England it is mostly found in: Greater Manchester, where 44 percent are found, West Yorkshire, where 44 percent are found and Buckinghamshire, where 11 percent are found. Other than England this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.

Carrighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Carrighan has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Carrighan surname decreased 25 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 65 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Carrighan Last Name Statistics demography

Carrighan earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 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
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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 Carrighan
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