O'Cathain Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
O'Cathain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 98 | 1:48,050 | 3,523 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
The alternate forms: O'catháin (2) are calculated separately.
O'Cathain Demographics
O'Cathain Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
O'Cathain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name O'Cathain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname O'Cathain occurs in Ireland more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: O'catháin. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name O'Cathain? popularity and diffusion
O'Cathain is the 1,691,963rd most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name O'Cathain is mostly found in Europe, where 101 percent of O'Cathain reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in British Isles.
The last name O'Cathain is most commonly held in Ireland, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 48,050. In Ireland O'Cathain is most frequent in: Leinster, where 60 percent live, Munster, where 27 percent live and Connaught, where 13 percent live. Aside from Ireland it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 9 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
O'Cathain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of O'Cathain has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people carrying the O'Cathain surname grew 9,800 percent between 1901 and 2014.
O'Cathain Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the O'Cathain surname is primarily Catholic (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
- 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 O'Cathain
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