Gillagan Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Gillagan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Gillagan Demographics
Gillagan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Gillagan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gillagan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gillagan is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gillagan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gillagan? popularity and diffusion
Gillagan is the 10,311,814th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Gillagan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Gillagan are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The surname Gillagan is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most numerous in: Idaho, where 50 percent are found and New Jersey, where 50 percent are found. Apart from The United States it exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent are found.
Gillagan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gillagan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gillagan last name decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gillagan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily 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 Gillagan
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