Ohegarty Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Ohegarty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ohegarty Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland281:168,1767,397
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ohegarty Last Name Facts

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

Ohegarty occurs more in Ireland more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohegarty? popularity and diffusion

Ohegarty is the 3,543,123rd most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Ohegarty live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently held in Ireland, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 168,176. In Ireland Ohegarty is most numerous in: Leinster, where 100 percent reside. Barring Ireland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Hegarty9480/
Haegerty751/
Oheighearta741/
Ohaggerty710/
Eugarte6716/
Ahicart53181/
Ehagarattie531/
Ihegword5013/
Ahaggard501/
Ahakardy501/

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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 Ohegarty
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