Flannighan Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Flannighan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flannighan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland271:198,29010,618
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Flannighan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Flannighan occurs most in Scotland. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Flannighan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Flannighan occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Flannighan are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in Scotland, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 198,290. In Scotland it is mostly concentrated in: Dumfries and Galloway, where 85 percent live and South Ayrshire, where 15 percent live. Not including Scotland this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 13 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.

Flannighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Flannighan has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Flannighan surname rose 386 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it declined 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Flannighan Last Name Statistics demography

Flannighan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.65% less than the national average, earning $39,417 USD per year.

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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 Flannighan
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