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 last name Lonigan is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Lonigan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lonigan? popularity and diffusion

Lonigan is the 1,683,218th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Lonigan reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 3,179,464. In The United States Lonigan is most frequent in: California, where 23 percent live, Oregon, where 20 percent live and New York, where 11 percent live. Not including The United States it 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 over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lonigan surname grew 243 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 89 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it decreased 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lonigan Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the Lonigan last name are 11.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.52% registered to vote for the political 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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