Marrigan Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Marrigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marrigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Marrigan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Marrigan is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Marrigan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Marrigan live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States Marrigan is most common in: Massachusetts, where 35 percent are found, Florida, where 24 percent are found and New Hampshire, where 12 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 5 percent are found and Antigua and Barbuda, where 5 percent are found.

Marrigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Marrigan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Marrigan last name expanded 243 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Marrigan Last Name Statistics demography

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

Marrigan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.25% less than the national average, earning $37,431 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 Marrigan
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