Murtagh 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 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
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

Murtagh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Murtagh family

Profession Census Frequency
Blacksmith 3
Soldier 2
Shoe Maker 2
Soldier 66 Reg 1
Miliner 1
Customs Officer 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Murtagh

Name Census Frequency
Mary Murtagh 118
John Murtagh 105
Thomas Murtagh 76
James Murtagh 71
Patrick Murtagh 53
Margaret Murtagh 39
Michael Murtagh 37
Catherine Murtagh 32
Elizabeth Murtagh 29
William Murtagh 29
Edward Murtagh 23
Sarah Murtagh 23
Annie Murtagh 21
Ellen Murtagh 21
Bridget Murtagh 20
Joseph Murtagh 19
Ann Murtagh 18
Francis Murtagh 18
Peter Murtagh 16
Julia Murtagh 15
Jane Murtagh 14
Agnes Murtagh 13
Hugh Murtagh 12
Henry Murtagh 11
Luke Murtagh 10

Murtagh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Murtagh 100% 1,150
2 Murtough 75% 200
3 Murtaugh 88% 112

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

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