Cavenagh Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Cavenagh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 239 | 1:112,953 | 12,558 |
| United States | 236 | 1:1,535,843 | 104,072 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 31 | 1:120,749 | 5,564 |
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 106 | 1:473,761 | 33,810 |
Cavenagh Demographics
Cavenagh Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Cavenagh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cavenagh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cavenagh is most common in Australia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cavenagh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 548,408th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Cavenagh live; 45 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is held by 239 people, or 1 in 112,953. In Australia Cavenagh is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 67 percent reside, Victoria, where 8 percent reside and Northern Territory, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Australia this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.
Cavenagh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Cavenagh has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 223 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 132 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cavenagh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Cavenagh surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cavenagh earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 15.86% more than the national average, earning $49,991 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.67% more than the national average, earning $50,513 CAD per year.
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Cavenagh Reference & Research
Cavanaugh/Kavanagh FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Cavanaugh/Kavanagh 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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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 Cavenagh
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