Flanghan Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Flanghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flanghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Flanghan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flanghan is found most in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flanghan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Flanghan live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most common in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Flanghan is most frequent in: North Yorkshire, where 100 percent live.

Flanghan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Flanghan has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Flanghan last name expanded 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flangan93125/
Flaninghan891/
Flanngan8811/
Flangham888/
Flanggan881/
Flangang881/
Flangaan881/
Flaingan881/
Flangain880/
Flagan8657/
Flanninghan842/
Flaningan8281/
Flanggham820/
Flainngan820/
Flaagan80129/
Flamgan804/
Flaigan801/
Flagant801/
Flagaan801/
Flaggan800/
Flanningan7879/
Flahagan751/
Flanngam750/
Phlongchan674/
Flanningon671/
Flengon670/

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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 Flanghan
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