Holigan Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Holigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Holigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Slovakia91:592,93964,129
England71:7,959,723202,100
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Holigan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Holigan is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Holigan.

How Common Is The Last Name Holigan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,185,341st most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Holigan are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States Holigan is most common in: Texas, where 28 percent are found, New Hampshire, where 17 percent are found and Connecticut, where 15 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 12 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Holigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Holigan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Holigan last name grew 1,175 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 12 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Holigan Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States Holigan are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.54% registered to vote for the party.

Holigan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 74.01% more than the national average, earning $75,085 USD 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 Holigan
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