Karrigan Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Karrigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karrigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1371:2,645,686159,417
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States761:660,77243,333

Karrigan (15) may also be a first name.

Karrigan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karrigan (Russian: Карриган) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karrigan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,471,719th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname Karrigan is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Karrigan reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Karrigan is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.

The surname Karrigan is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 2,645,686. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 16 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Louisiana, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Karrigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Karrigan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Karrigan last name grew 180 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Karrigan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Karrigan surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.54% registered with the party.

Karrigan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.49% less than the national average, earning $41,212 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karrigan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karrigan in the Russian language
Карриганkarrigan-

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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 Karrigan
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