Garaghty Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Garaghty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garaghty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1061:3,419,424193,489
England391:1,428,66862,556
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States861:583,93839,464

Garaghty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garaghty occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garaghty? popularity and diffusion

The surname Garaghty is the 1,428,594th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Garaghty are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Garaghty is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 3,419,424. In The United States it is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 66 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and Texas, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Garaghty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Garaghty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Garaghty surname expanded 123 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 134 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Garaghty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Garaghty surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Garaghty surname are 31.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.57% being registered with the party.

Garaghty earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.5% more than the national average, earning $43,364 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garraghty94100/
Garaughty949/
Garraughty8910/
Garracghty890/
Goraghty881/
Haraghty881/
Haraughty82173/
Harraughty788/
Haroughty710/
Euroughty590/

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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 Garaghty
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