Herighty Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Herighty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Herighty Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Herighty Demographics

Herighty Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 7 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Herighty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Herighty is held by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Herighty? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Herighty are found; 70 percent are found in Australasia and 70 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most commonly used in Australia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,928,264. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Tasmania, where 93 percent live and Victoria, where 7 percent live. Besides Australia Herighty is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent live.

Herighty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Herighty last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herrighty9434/
Herrightey890/
Gerighty8854/
Hereghty8817/
Errighty880/
Gereighty8240/
Harrighty820/
Hereaghty820/
Gerrighty820/
Herreghty820/
Gerraighty780/
Gereghty7597/
Harughty757/
Geryghty751/
Gereaghty7125/
Harrughty712/
Gerreghty710/
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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 Herighty
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