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    The surname Kelliher

    An Irish surname, carried by 2,168 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K460

    Kelliher: #13,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kelliher #13,926, 2,168 people Kelliher: #13,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kelliher #13,926, 2,168 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kelliher is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Kelleher.

    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 2,168 people named Kelliher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,410 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,121.

    #13,926
    rank among US surnames
    2,168
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,201)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,922Dula2,169142,345
    #13,926Kelliher2,168142,410
    #13,933Flippo2,167142,476

    Who is named Kelliher

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

    96% of people named Kelliher identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kellihers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bill Kelliher
      American guitarist, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kelliher

    Kelliher has the Soundex code K460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K460.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kelliher come from?
    Variant of Kelleher.
    How common is the surname Kelliher?
    2,168 people in the United States had the surname Kelliher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,410 Americans. It ranked 13,926th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kelliher?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kelliher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kelliher?
    Bill Kelliher, American guitarist.
    Where is the surname Kelliher most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kelliher in the United States.
    Is the surname Kelliher getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,121 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,168 in 2010, up 2.2%.