Gillighan 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 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gillighan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gillighan family

Profession Census Frequency
Fitter Of Machinary 1
Gunner Royal Artillery 1
Labourer Masons 1
Scholar 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gillighan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gillighan 20
John Gillighan 14
Thomas Gillighan 9
James Gillighan 8
Michael Gillighan 8
William Gillighan 6
Ann Gillighan 5
Elizabeth Gillighan 5
Patrick Gillighan 5
Ellen Gillighan 4
Margaret Gillighan 4
Martin Gillighan 3
Bridget Gillighan 2
Catherine Gillighan 2
Edward Gillighan 2
Eva Gillighan 2
Honoria Gillighan 2
Louisa Gillighan 2
Lousia Gillighan 2
Peter Gillighan 2
Sarah Gillighan 2
Stephen Gillighan 2
Ada Gillighan 1
Agnes Gillighan 1
Albert Gillighan 1

Gillighan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gallaghan 78% 604
2 Gallaghen 67% 166
3 Gillighan 100% 140

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The surname Gillighan is the 3rd most popular variant of Gallaghan.

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