Gahagan Surname
Approximately 2,951 people bear this surname
Gahagan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,473 | 1:146,566 | 15,134 |
| England | 189 | 1:294,805 | 22,579 |
| Scotland | 99 | 1:54,079 | 4,572 |
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 44 | 1:100,679 | 6,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 103 | 1:236,654 | 17,592 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 489 | 1:102,697 | 10,383 |
Gahagan (10) may also be a first name.
Gahagan Demographics
Average Male Gahagan Height
176.43 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gahagan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahagan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gahagan (Hindi: गहगन) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahagan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 149,670th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,469,517 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Gahagan live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 10 people.
The surname Gahagan is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 2,473 people, or 1 in 146,566. In The United States Gahagan is most common in: California, where 9 percent live, Wisconsin, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent live and Scotland, where 3 percent live.
Gahagan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gahagan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gahagan surname increased 506 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 183 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,414 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gahagan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gahagan last name is primarily Catholic (84%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Gahagan surname are 17.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.2% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gahagan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 110.39% more than the national average, earning R 499,968 per year; in United States they earn 0.77% more than the national average, earning $43,480 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.44% more than the national average, earning $49,902 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gahagan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gahagan in the Hindi language | ||
| गहगन | gahagana | - |
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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 Gahagan
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