O'Laughlan Surname

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

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

O'Laughlan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Laughlan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

O'Laughlan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O'Laughlan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name O'Laughlan has its highest incidence in Australia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of O'Laughlan.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Laughlan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of O'Laughlan are found; 67 percent are found in Australasia and 67 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most frequent in Australia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia O'Laughlan is primarily found in: Queensland, where 50 percent are found and Victoria, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Australia O'Laughlan is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 33 percent are found.

O'Laughlan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olaughlan953/
O'Loughlan90177/
Olaughland900/
O'Loughlian861/
Oloughlan8413/
O'Loghlan840/
O'Loughlon800/
Olugland780/
Gologhlan7416/
Holagland742/
Alaglan714/
Halaglan671/
Olonghlon630/
Galloghlyan574/
Galloghlean571/

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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'Laughlan
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