Magher 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 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Magher Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Magher family

Profession Census Frequency
Collier 2
Nurse 2
Domestic 1
Factory Hand 1
Scholar 1
Shearerof Iron 1
Labourer 1
Miner 1
Dress Maker 1
Excavator 1
House Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Magher

Name Census Frequency
Mary Magher 18
James Magher 17
John Magher 13
Thomas Magher 11
Jane Magher 8
Bridget Magher 7
Catherine Magher 7
Margaret Magher 7
Patrick Magher 7
Michael Magher 6
Daniel Magher 5
Elizabeth Magher 4
Ellen Magher 4
George Magher 4
William Magher 4
Ann Magher 2
David Magher 2
Edward Magher 2
Joseph Magher 2
Joshua Magher 2
Maria Magher 2
Peter Magher 2
Sarah Magher 2
Agnes Magher 1
Alice Magher 1

Magher Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mager 83% 3,627
2 Meagher 86% 1,075
3 Magher 100% 168
4 Magar 67% 141

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The surname Magher is the 3rd most popular variant of Mager.

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