Keneghan Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Keneghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keneghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Keneghan Last Name Facts

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

Keneghan is carried by more people in Ireland than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Keneghan.

How Common Is The Last Name Keneghan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Keneghan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Keneghan live; 73 percent live in Northern Europe and 73 percent live in British Isles.

Keneghan is most commonly held in Ireland, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,177,235. In Ireland it is most prevalent in: Leinster, where 75 percent are found and Connaught, where 25 percent are found. Excluding Ireland it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 36 percent are found and The United States, where 27 percent are found.

Keneghan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Keneghan has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people bearing the Keneghan last name expanded 133 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Keneghan Last Name Statistics demography

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

Keneghan earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51.14% less than the national average, earning $21,083 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 Keneghan
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