Claherty Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

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

Claherty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Claherty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:30,204,911765,334
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Claherty Last Name Facts

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

Claherty occurs most in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Claherty? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Claherty is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Claherty reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 30,204,911. In The United States Claherty is primarily found in: Florida, where 58 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 42 percent reside.

Claherty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Claherty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Claherty last name contracted 29 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Claherty Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Claherty last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Claherty earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.05% less than the national average, earning $16,806 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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Claherty
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