Gerraghty Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Ireland

Gerraghty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerraghty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:1,797,35772,927
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland471:94,2526,181
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:738,51047,095

Gerraghty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gerraghty is found most frequently in England. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerraghty? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,055,934th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Gerraghty are found; 83 percent are found in Northern Europe and 83 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most numerous in England, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 1,797,357. In England Gerraghty is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 45 percent are found, Leicestershire, where 19 percent are found and North Yorkshire, where 19 percent are found. Apart from England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent are found and Ireland, where 7 percent are found.

Gerraghty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gerraghty has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Gerraghty last name fell 31 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 94 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gerraghty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Gerraghty last name is chiefly 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
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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 Gerraghty
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