Hennigan Surname

85,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,607 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Hennigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hennigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0561:89,36410,052
Ireland7621:6,180948
England5431:102,61210,789
Canada701:526,36644,416
Australia551:490,83137,357
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Wales161:193,40812,484
France151:4,428,181244,602
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China21:683,660,78330,601
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2821:15,7091,977
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England761:320,72921,086
Scotland241:155,9676,425
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2511:200,07417,416

Hennigan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hennigan is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hennigan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hennigan is the 85,967th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,299,723 people. The last name Hennigan is predominantly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Hennigan reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Hennigan is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,056 people, or 1 in 89,364. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 15 percent are found, Louisiana, where 9 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States it exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 14 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.

Hennigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hennigan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hennigan surname expanded 1,616 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 270 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it expanded 714 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hennigan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Hennigan surname is predominantly Catholic (97%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hennigan surname are 7.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.44% being registered with the political party.

The amount Hennigan earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 23.9% less than the national average, earning R 180,840 per year; in United States they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $45,640 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning $48,023 CAD per year.

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Hennigan Reference & Research

Henninger DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Henninger FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Hennigan
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