How common is the surname Darragh?

1,239 people in the United States had the surname Darragh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Darragh?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Darragh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Darragh getting more or less common?

More common. 1,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 9.8%.

Is Darragh also a first name?

Yes. Darragh is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Darragh

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,239 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D620 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Darragh is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhdarach (“descendant of Dubhdarach”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).

Darragh is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,239 people named Darragh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,128.

#21,184

rank among US surnames

1,239

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.8%

change since 2000 (was #21,565)

Who is named Darragh

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Darragh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Darrah

Surnames that sound like Darragh

Darragh has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Darragh come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhdarach (“descendant of Dubhdarach”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).
How common is the surname Darragh?: 1,239 people in the United States had the surname Darragh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Darragh?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Darragh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Darragh?: Darragh is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Darragh getting more or less common?: More common. 1,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 9.8%.
What are other spellings of Darragh?: Darrah.
Is Darragh also a first name?: Yes. Darragh is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.