Lonigan Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

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

Lonigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lonigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1141:3,179,464183,182
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:1,068,48362,061

Lonigan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lonigan is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lonigan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,683,218th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Lonigan live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 3,179,464. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 23 percent live, Oregon, where 20 percent live and New York, where 11 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Lonigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lonigan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 243 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 89 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lonigan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Lonigan surname are 11.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.52% registered to vote for the party.

Lonigan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.53% less than the national average, earning $36,880 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
  • 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 Lonigan
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