Houraghan Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Houraghan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
Houraghan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houraghan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Houraghan is most common in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Houraghan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Houraghan occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Houraghan live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in British Isles.
Houraghan is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 2,532,639. In England Houraghan is primarily found in: Greater Manchester, where 82 percent are found and Dorset, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account England this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 41 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Houraghan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis