Mortagh Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Ireland

Mortagh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mortagh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683

Mortagh Last Name Facts

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

Mortagh is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mortagh? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Mortagh live; 69 percent live in Northern Europe and 69 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England it is primarily found in: Hampshire, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account England this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Mortagh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mortagh has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people carrying the Mortagh surname declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Mortagh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Mortagh surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mortaugh931/
Mortag92283/
Murtagh8612,400/
Mertagh862/
Mortgag861/
Morthag860/
Martagh860/
Murtaugh802,398/
Mertaugh8048/
Morthaug8011/
Maurtagh803/
Mortague803/
Martaugh803/
Murthagh801/
Murttagh800/
Mortak7732/
Mertag7720/
Martag7715/
Murtag775/
Mortac774/
Mortaq773/
Murthaugh750/
Murttaugh750/
Morthough750/
Merthaugh750/
Mortake713/
Murtahg712/
Murtaug711/
Marthag711/
Mortazq711/
Martakh711/
Murthag710/
Murtogh710/
Murtough67170/
Morteaux6742/
Martague671/
Murteugh670/
Murteigh670/

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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 Mortagh
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