Colleary Surname
Approximately 553 people bear this surname
Colleary Surname Definition:
Mac Giolla Laoire Of north Connacht. SIF 37
Colleary Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 420 | 1:862,997 | 65,593 |
| Ireland | 110 | 1:42,809 | 3,288 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 60 | 1:73,831 | 5,346 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Colleary Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mac Giolla Laoire Of north Connacht. SIF 37
This is a case where I cannot accept Woulfe's View— his is a suggestion rather than a statement — that Collery-(he does not mention Colleary) is an anglicized form of Mac Giolla Arraith, which is normally MacAlary, sometimes MacLary or MacClary, and belongs to Co. Derry. Colleary and its variants Collary and Colary are almost exclusively found in north Connacht. There Irish speakers use Mac Giolla Laoire as the Irish form. Callery and Callary are also found in the same part of the country but not exclusively-both occur also in counties Meath and Cavan where MacClearys (now usually called Clarke) are numerous; these are probably offshoots of the Derry sept mentioned above. Woulfe also confuses Callery with Gallery, a Clare name (see More Irish Families, p. 259). There can be no doubt, however, that in Connacht Callery is a synonym of Colleary since we find a MacCallery among the landholders of Co. Sligo in 1633. In the previous century MacCallery occurs four times in the Fiants, always in Co. Sligo. At the present time, apart from metropolitan Dublin, the name is confined to Co.
Sligo and north Mayo.
Mac Giolla Laoire Of north Connacht. SIF 37
Colleary Demographics
Average Colleary Salary in
United States
$47,672 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Colleary Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colleary Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Colleary occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Colleary.
How Common Is The Last Name Colleary? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 570,540th most commonly held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 13,178,202 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Colleary are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 76 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 862,997. In The United States it is most frequent in: Nevada, where 24 percent are found, New York, where 18 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 18 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 20 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Colleary Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Colleary has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Colleary surname expanded 2,800 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 183 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it expanded 145 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Colleary Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Colleary last name are 10.81% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.04% registered with the political party.
Colleary earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.48% more than the national average, earning $47,672 USD per year.
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