Henighan Surname

855,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 319 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Henighan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Henighan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1871:1,938,283125,322
England1171:476,22330,919
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland221:201,3589,557
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Henighan Last Name Facts

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

Henighan is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Henighan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Henighan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 855,216th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,844,972 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Henighan live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 1,938,283. In The United States it is most numerous in: North Carolina, where 16 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and Maryland, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 37 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Henighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Henighan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Henighan surname grew 1,438 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 616 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Henighan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Henighan last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Henighan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 15.6% more than the national average, earning $49,881 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.63% more than the national average, earning $52,976 CAD per year.

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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 Henighan
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