Sorraghan Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Sorraghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sorraghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1241:217,70720,896
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

Sorraghan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sorraghan is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sorraghan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,465,390th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname Sorraghan occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Sorraghan are found; 99 percent are found in Australasia and 99 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Sorraghan is most widespread in Australia, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 217,707. In Australia Sorraghan is mostly concentrated in: Victoria, where 90 percent reside, New South Wales, where 8 percent reside and Queensland, where 1 percent reside. Other than Australia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 14 percent reside and Chile, where 1 percent reside.

Sorraghan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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 Sorraghan
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