Hanighan Surname

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

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

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

Hanighan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hanighan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Hanighan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hanighan is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Hanighan.

How Common Is The Last Name Hanighan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hanighan is the 14,316,765th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Hanighan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Hanighan live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Hanighan is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 362,458,933. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 100 percent reside.

Hanighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hanighan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hanighan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Hanighan last name is predominantly Catholic (89%) 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 Hanighan
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