Gallahan Surname
Approximately 1,068 people bear this surname
Gallahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,060 | 1:341,942 | 30,775 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 187 | 1:268,549 | 21,901 |
Gallahan Demographics
Average Gallahan Salary in
United States
$46,775 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gallahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gallahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gallahan occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gallahan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 343,320th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,823,545 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Gallahan are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
Gallahan is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,060 people, or 1 in 341,942. In The United States it is mostly found in: Virginia, where 13 percent live, Maryland, where 10 percent live and District of Columbia, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Gallahan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gallahan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 567 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Gallahan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gallahan surname is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States Gallahan are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.
Gallahan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.4% more than the national average, earning $46,775 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
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