Dalligan Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Ireland

Dalligan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dalligan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England821:679,48938,951
Ireland321:147,1546,785
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Dalligan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dalligan is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dalligan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,674,734th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. Dalligan is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Dalligan reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 679,489. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 27 percent live, Kent, where 21 percent live and Essex, where 16 percent live. Besides England this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Dalligan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dalligan has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Dalligan surname increased 8,200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 1,067 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dalligan Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dallighan940/
Daligan9378/
Daligand88274/
Daligang8852/
Daligant882/
Datligan881/
Dolligan881/
Dalighan880/
Dollighan827/
Dalaighan821/
Daligon80153/
Doligan8076/
Deligan8074/
Dalugan8048/
Dalegan8046/
Daligam803/
Dolighan7544/
Dalaigon753/
Daliggon751/
Daligong751/
Dooligan751/
Dolleghan710/
Doligon67344/
Delegan67219/
Delugan67192/
Dolugan6729/
Dalugon6711/
Deligon674/
Dalegon673/
Dalygam671/
Dalaygon631,118/
Dalaygam631/
Dolegon538/
Delegon535/
Doligom531/
Dolaygon501/
Delegoun501/

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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 Dalligan
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