Oquigley Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Oquigley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oquigley 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
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Oquigley Demographics

Oquigley Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 1 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Oquigley Last Name Facts

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

Oquigley is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oquigley? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Oquigley is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Oquigley live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 67 percent live and Texas, where 33 percent live. Other than The United States Oquigley exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 20 percent live and England, where 20 percent live.

Oquigley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Oquigley last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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'Quigley9456/
O' Quigley891/
O'Guigley821/
Okwuigele711/
Ogukile673/
Uikgale671/
Okwuigeli592/
Ochigla531/

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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 Oquigley
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