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 is more frequently found in Northern Ireland than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Millighan.

How Common Is The Last Name Millighan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Millighan live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 1,845,036. In Northern Ireland it is mostly concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Barring Northern Ireland Millighan exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.

Millighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Millighan has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Millighan surname fell 94 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Millighan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Millighan last name is chiefly 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
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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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