Laherty Surname

895,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Ireland

Laherty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laherty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1011:267,28424,253
United States911:3,983,065216,270
England581:960,65648,451
Ireland341:138,4986,546
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland281:158,2108,327
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States611:823,25750,999

Laherty Last Name Facts

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

The surname Laherty is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Laherty? popularity and diffusion

The last name Laherty is the 895,817th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 24,373,063 people. The last name Laherty is primarily found in Oceania, where 36 percent of Laherty are found; 36 percent are found in Australasia and 36 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Laherty is most commonly held in Australia, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 267,284. In Australia Laherty is most common in: Queensland, where 63 percent reside, Victoria, where 21 percent reside and Northern Territory, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Australia Laherty is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent reside and England, where 19 percent reside.

Laherty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Laherty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Laherty surname increased 149 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,933 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 121 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Laherty Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States Laherty are 24.06% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.83% being registered with the party.

Laherty earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.83% more than the national average, earning $46,096 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lahertys934/
Leaherty930/
Lauherty930/
Laherte8696/
Laherta861/
Laheurte80802/
Lauherta8090/
Laerte77168/
Laerti773/
Llaertes671/
Loerte6215/
Loerti629/
Loertje571/
Loerther530/
Lehuirthi5014/

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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 Laherty
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