Coolighan Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Coolighan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Coolighan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Coolighan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Coolighan is more frequently found in Uruguay than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Coolighan.

How Common Is The Last Name Coolighan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Coolighan is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Coolighan live; 100 percent live in South America and 100 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

It is most frequent in Uruguay, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 311,978. In Uruguay Coolighan is most frequent in: Montevideo Department, where 100 percent are found.

Coolighan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Coolighan last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Coolighan
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