Gaugherty Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gaugherty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaugherty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Gaugherty Last Name Facts

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

Gaugherty is found most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gaugherty.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaugherty? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gaugherty live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Gaugherty is mostly found in: West Virginia, where 40 percent are found, California, where 20 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 20 percent are found.

Gaugherty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gaugherty has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gaugherty
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