Kelligan Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Kelligan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kelligan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Kelligan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kelligan occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kelligan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelligan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Kelligan live; 86 percent live in North America and 82 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 15,759,084. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 35 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 30 percent live and Florida, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 11 percent live and Mexico, where 4 percent live.

Kelligan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kelligan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 164 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kelligan Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those bearing the Kelligan surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Kelligan earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 47.42% less than the national average, earning $22,688 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
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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 Kelligan
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