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 is more commonly found in Ireland than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: O'catháin. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name O'Cathain? popularity and diffusion
The last name O'Cathain is the 1,691,963rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 101 percent of O'Cathain reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in British Isles.
This last name is most numerous in Ireland, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 48,050. In Ireland O'Cathain is mostly found in: Leinster, where 60 percent reside, Munster, where 27 percent reside and Connaught, where 13 percent reside. Besides Ireland this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 9 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.
O'Cathain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of O'Cathain has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people who held the O'Cathain surname rose 9,800 percent between 1901 and 2014.
O'Cathain Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the O'Cathain surname is principally 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
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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 O'Cathain
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