Hennegan Surname

543,414th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 590 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Hennegan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hennegan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4291:844,89364,474
England841:663,31038,317
Australia521:519,14839,018
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Guam81:20,0153,029
Wales41:773,63329,106
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland231:192,6039,322
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1991:252,35520,860

Hennegan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hennegan is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hennegan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 543,414th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,351,773 people. The surname Hennegan is predominantly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Hennegan are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 429 people, or 1 in 844,893. In The United States Hennegan is primarily found in: New York, where 16 percent are found, Maryland, where 9 percent are found and Texas, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Hennegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hennegan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 216 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 646 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hennegan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Hennegan surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Hennegan surname are 17.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.38% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hennegan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.24% more than the national average, earning $43,682 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.41% less than the national average, earning $44,012 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
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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 Hennegan
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