Hereghty Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Hereghty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hereghty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404

Hereghty Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hereghty is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hereghty? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Hereghty live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Hereghty is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States it is most numerous in: New Jersey, where 73 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and New York, where 9 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 24 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Hereghty Last Name Statistics demography

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

Hereghty earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.72% less than the national average, earning $33,344 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herreghty940/
Hereaghty940/
Heraghty88718/
Gereghty8897/
Herighty8820/
Herraghty82126/
Gereighty8240/
Herrighty8234/
Gereaghty8225/
Heraghhty821/
Gerreghty820/
Eraghty800/
Herrightey780/
Gerighty7554/
Geryghty751/
Haraghty751/
Errighty750/
Gerrighty710/
Harrighty710/
Gerraighty670/

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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 Hereghty
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