Colahan Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Colahan Surname Definition:
Mac Uallacháin Formerly an important family in the barony of Garrycastle. MIF 78; Map Off
Colahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 394 | 1:919,947 | 69,072 |
| Australia | 122 | 1:221,276 | 21,136 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 80 | 1:55,373 | 4,488 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 137 | 1:366,560 | 27,735 |
Colahan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mac Uallacháin Formerly an important family in the barony of Garrycastle. MIF 78; Map Off
Colahan Demographics
Colahan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Colahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Colahan is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Colahan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Colahan is the 546,286th most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Colahan reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 394 people, or 1 in 919,947. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 21 percent are found, Kansas, where 10 percent are found and New York, where 10 percent are found. Not including The United States it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 21 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Colahan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Colahan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Colahan last name grew 288 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Colahan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Colahan last name are 20.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.35% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Colahan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 17.62% more than the national average, earning $50,754 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.65% less than the national average, earning $46,381 CAD per year.
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