Cassidy Surname

7,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72,142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Cassidy Surname Definition:

V. O'Cassidy.

Cassidy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States36,4461:9,9451,206
England10,1321:5,499779
Australia5,7081:4,729687
Ireland5,5001:856158
Canada5,1191:7,1981,062
Scotland3,6891:1,451253
Northern Ireland2,6861:687109
New Zealand1,1231:4,032639
South Africa2111:256,76625,923
Wales2071:14,9491,631
Nigeria1761:1,006,49342,496
Thailand1141:619,635105,115
Argentina941:454,71734,122
Spain781:599,38528,019
Switzerland641:128,32712,782
Bermuda441:1,484241
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Malaysia391:756,26235,302
Netherlands371:456,41045,371
Isle of Man351:2,452488
Brazil321:6,689,823158,565
Russia311:4,649,131213,487
Guam291:5,521755
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Venezuela261:1,161,69516,759
Philippines251:4,049,529157,830
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Ecuador231:691,55912,337
France221:3,019,215204,848
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Belgium211:547,45951,586
Indonesia201:6,612,460283,723
Jersey191:5,2211,083
Norway181:285,68329,080
Austria151:567,69652,281
Trinidad and Tobago151:90,9326,341
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
India81:95,883,173728,828
United States Virgin Islands81:13,7971,930
Honduras71:1,259,4925,127
China61:227,886,92811,701
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Norfolk Island51:459108
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Central African Republic41:1,128,848387
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Laos41:1,647,081888
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5,5221:802134
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2121:11,0201,688
Scotland1,4161:2,644463
Wales241:65,3513,160
Jersey41:12,9712,116
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,7781:7,409938

Cassidy (11,092) may also be a first name.

Cassidy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. O'Cassidy.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó Casaide A family of ollavs and physicians to the Maguires. Bibl; IF 79; Plate IV

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

“Treasurer” in Erse (Casaide). Compare “Cash” in English.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Irish) Grandson of Caiside (curly-headed).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(Gaelic.) From casaideach, apt to complain or accuse. Casadow, in the Cornish-British, signifies an offender.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Cassidy Last Name Facts

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

Cassidy (Arabic: كاسيدي) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cassidy? popularity and diffusion

Cassidy is the 7,875th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 101,017 people. The last name Cassidy occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Cassidy reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 57,155th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 11,092 people.

The last name Cassidy is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 36,446 people, or 1 in 9,945. In The United States Cassidy is mostly found in: New York, where 10 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 116 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.

Cassidy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cassidy has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 538 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 458 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 261 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 863 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cassidy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (92%) in Ireland and Catholic (25%) in Russia.

In The United States Cassidy are 9.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.95% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cassidy earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 5.76% more than the national average, earning 366,017 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.71% more than the national average, earning R 348,636 per year; in United States they earn 7.41% more than the national average, earning $46,348 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.39% more than the national average, earning $51,866 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Cassidy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Cassidy in the Arabic language
كاسيديkasydy-

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Cassidy Reference & Research

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Cassidy & Variant Sp FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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