Oulaghan Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Oulaghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oulaghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
England211:2,653,24194,788
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371

Oulaghan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oulaghan is carried by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oulaghan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,843,861st most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Oulaghan occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Oulaghan reside; 53 percent reside in Australasia and 53 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequent in New Zealand, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 205,833. In New Zealand it is most prevalent in: Canterbury Region, where 45 percent are found, Taranaki Region, where 27 percent are found and Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 23 percent are found. Barring New Zealand it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 45 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Oulaghan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Oulaghan has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Oulaghan surname increased 263 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Oulaghan
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