McCarriher Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

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

McCarriher Surname Definition:

Carraher or Carragher, usually without the prefix Mac, is quite a numerous name in Counties Monaghan and Louth. Woulfe states that it is a variant of the Scottish Farquhar, i.e. Mac Fearchair with the initial F aspirated. Mac Fhearchair, however, may be indigenous to Ireland: it is on record at Dysart, Co.

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McCarriher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:15,759,084542,937
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

McCarriher Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Carraher or Carragher, usually without the prefix Mac, is quite a numerous name in Counties Monaghan and Louth. Woulfe states that it is a variant of the Scottish Farquhar, i.e. Mac Fearchair with the initial F aspirated. Mac Fhearchair, however, may be indigenous to Ireland: it is on record at Dysart, Co. Louth, as MacCarchir as early as 1616, well outside the territory affected by the Plantation of Ulster.

In 1663 MacCarraher occurs in the Co. Monaghan Hearth Money Rolls in the barony of Dartree. Several eighteenth and early nineteenth century wills of Co. Louth testators of the name are on record.

Supplement to Irish Families (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

McCarriher Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCarriher is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCarriher? popularity and diffusion

The last name McCarriher is the 4,116,508th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of McCarriher reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 15,759,084. In The United States McCarriher is mostly found in: Maryland, where 39 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent live and District of Columbia, where 4 percent live.

McCarriher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCarriher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McCarriher last name rose 383 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McCarriher Last Name Statistics demography

McCarriher earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.14% less than the national average, earning $28,417 USD per year.

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