Gellagher Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Gellagher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gellagher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Gellagher Last Name Facts

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

Gellagher is found in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gellagher? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 14,316,765th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Gellagher is primarily found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Gellagher reside; 100 percent reside in Australasia and 100 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Gellagher is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 26,995,701. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Victoria, where 100 percent reside.

Gellagher Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Gellagher
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