Gallagher Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 3
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 101
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 51
Derbyshire 36
Devon 26
Dorset 2
Durham 796
Essex 68
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 56
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 18
Kent 16
Lancashire 2,463
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 7
London 301
Middlesex 84
Northumberland 392
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 22
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 17
Suffolk 1
Somerset 15
Surrey 50
Sussex 29
Staffordshire 192
Warwickshire 67
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 15
Yorkshire 1,042

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 41
Flintshire 38
Glamorgan 50
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 10
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Gallagher Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gallagher family

Profession Census Frequency
School 597
General Labourer 97
Labourer 87
Coal Miner Hewer 69
Dock Labourer 39
General Servant (domestic) 34
At Home 32
Farm Labourer 29
Cotton Weaver 26
Housekeeper 25
Labourer General 23
Coal Miner (hewer) 23
Domestic Servant 20
House Keeper 20
Weaver 20
Charwoman 17
At School 17
Bricklayer 17
Dressmaker 14
Cotton Spinner 14
Bricklayers Labourer 13
Laundress 13
Weaver Cotton 13
Miner Hewer 12
Housewife 12

Most Frequent Forenames for Gallagher

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gallagher 2,554
John Gallagher 2,212
James Gallagher 1,590
Thomas Gallagher 1,150
Patrick Gallagher 865
William Gallagher 745
Margaret Gallagher 742
Catherine Gallagher 674
Michael Gallagher 606
Elizabeth Gallagher 569
Ellen Gallagher 547
Bridget Gallagher 536
Ann Gallagher 507
Sarah Gallagher 429
Annie Gallagher 392
Edward Gallagher 382
Joseph Gallagher 372
Peter Gallagher 309
Jane Gallagher 271
Charles Gallagher 266
Martin Gallagher 236
George Gallagher 224
Hugh Gallagher 211
Henry Gallagher 172
Alice Gallagher 171

Gallagher Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gallagher 100% 23,313
2 Gollagher 89% 823
3 Galagher 89% 817
4 Galligher 89% 524
5 Gallegher 89% 395
6 Gallaghar 89% 343
7 Gallaugher 90% 283
8 Gallogher 89% 176
9 Gallgher 89% 109

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The surname Gallagher is the most popular version of all its varients

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