Millighan Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Millighan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Millighan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Millighan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Millighan occurs more in Northern Ireland more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Millighan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Millighan live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly used in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 1,845,036. In Northern Ireland it is most frequent in: Ulster, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Northern Ireland Millighan is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 33 percent are found.

Millighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Millighan has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Millighan last name decreased 94 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Millighan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Millighan surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

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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 Millighan
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