O'Liathain Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

O'Liathain Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Liathain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland291:162,3777,171
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

The alternate forms: O'liatháin (1) are calculated separately.

O'Liathain Last Name Facts

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

The last name O'Liathain is borne by more people in Ireland than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: O'liatháin. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

O'Liathain is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of O'Liathain live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widely held in Ireland, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 162,377. In Ireland O'Liathain is mostly found in: Munster, where 86 percent reside.

O'Liathain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of O'Liathain has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people who held the O'Liathain surname increased 2,900 percent between 1901 and 2014.

O'Liathain Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the 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
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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'Liathain
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