Hegarty Surname
Approximately 18,725 people bear this surname
Hegarty Surname Definition:
V. Hagarty
Hegarty Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4,969 | 1:948 | 176 |
| United States | 4,624 | 1:78,386 | 8,955 |
| England | 3,568 | 1:15,616 | 2,284 |
| Australia | 2,356 | 1:11,458 | 1,686 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,689 | 1:1,092 | 220 |
| Scotland | 435 | 1:12,308 | 1,646 |
| Canada | 278 | 1:132,538 | 13,752 |
| New Zealand | 217 | 1:20,868 | 3,656 |
| Wales | 189 | 1:16,373 | 1,773 |
| France | 79 | 1:840,794 | 99,796 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Luxembourg | 37 | 1:15,690 | 3,536 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Isle of Man | 14 | 1:6,130 | 1,329 |
| Jersey | 14 | 1:7,086 | 1,520 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4,432 | 1:1,000 | 181 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 200 | 1:121,877 | 11,575 |
| Scotland | 61 | 1:61,364 | 3,851 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 248 | 1:202,495 | 17,559 |
Hegarty (63) may also be a first name.
Hegarty Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
V. Hagarty
Ó hÉigceartaigh Though primarily an Ulster sept, it has a branch in Co. Cork. IF 178; Map Derry
(Irish) Variant of Haggerty, q.v.
Hegarty Demographics
Average Hegarty Salary in
United States
$52,584 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hegarty Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hegarty Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hegarty occurs in Ireland more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hegarty? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hegarty is the 28,686th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 389,188 people. The last name Hegarty is mostly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Hegarty reside; 58 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,234,572nd most numerous first name globally, held by 63 people.
The surname Hegarty is most widely held in Ireland, where it is carried by 4,969 people, or 1 in 948. In Ireland Hegarty is most common in: Ulster, where 48 percent live, Munster, where 42 percent live and Leinster, where 33 percent live. Apart from Ireland this last name is found in 58 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and England, where 19 percent live.
Hegarty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hegarty has changed through the years. In Ireland the share of the population with the last name expanded 112 percent between 1901 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,865 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,784 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 713 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 9,450 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hegarty Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (95%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Hegarty surname are 8.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.75% registered with the political party.
The amount Hegarty earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 118.98% more than the national average, earning R 520,368 per year; in United States they earn 21.87% more than the national average, earning $52,584 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.12% more than the national average, earning $54,710 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heggarty | 93 | 650 | / |
| Heagarty | 93 | 71 | / |
| Hegharty | 93 | 10 | / |
| Hegarthy | 93 | 6 | / |
| Hegartty | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hegartey | 93 | 0 | / |
| Egarty | 92 | 0 | / |
| Heggartay | 88 | 1 | / |
| Heggartey | 88 | 0 | / |
| Heagarthy | 88 | 0 | / |
| Hegarti | 86 | 5 | / |
| Hegorty | 86 | 2 | / |
| Higarty | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hygarty | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gegarty | 86 | 0 | / |
| Hegaarti | 80 | 1 | / |
| Higgarty | 80 | 1 | / |
| Haygarty | 80 | 0 | / |
| Hingarty | 80 | 0 | / |
| Heggorty | 80 | 0 | / |
| Heagorty | 80 | 0 | / |
| Egarta | 77 | 151 | / |
| Egarte | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egarter | 71 | 701 | / |
| Eugarte | 71 | 16 | / |
| Engarti | 71 | 3 | / |
| Egharti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gegarte | 71 | 1 | / |
| Iogarty | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egartes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eggarter | 67 | 125 | / |
| Ehgarter | 67 | 10 | / |
| Goygarty | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eggharter | 63 | 7 | / |
| Hinggarti | 63 | 5 | / |
| Ehgarther | 63 | 1 | / |
| Haygarthe | 63 | 0 | / |
| Igarta | 62 | 826 | / |
| Jgarti | 62 | 17 | / |
| Igarte | 62 | 9 | / |
| Ygarte | 62 | 2 | / |
| Ygarta | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jgarte | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ingarti | 57 | 41 | / |
| Igartúa | 57 | 10 | / |
| Ygartúa | 57 | 1 | / |
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Hegarty Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hegarty
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