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    Irish surnames

    880 surnames that come from Irish, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, starting with Carter, Murphy, Kelly. The 500 most common are listed.

    #SurnameUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Carter 49 376,966
    2 Murphy 64 308,417
    3 Kelly 74 267,394
    4 Sullivan 105 220,990
    5 Bryant 128 192,773
    6 Kennedy 146 176,865
    7 Ryan 193 143,452
    8 Dunn 197 141,427
    9 Kelley 198 140,693
    10 Carroll 215 134,317
    11 Riley 217 133,872
    12 O'Brien 258 118,557
    13 Lynch 259 117,708
    14 Neal 337 91,694
    15 McCarthy 384 82,950
    16 Higgins 400 79,803
    17 O'Connor 417 77,923
    18 Quinn 422 76,986
    19 Curry 436 74,919
    20 Manning 434 74,949
    21 McLaughlin 437 74,816
    22 Doyle 441 74,458
    23 McGee 439 74,542
    24 Brady 450 73,145
    25 Hines 462 71,717
    26 Malone 465 71,286
    27 Gallagher 479 69,834
    28 Casey 504 66,556
    29 McGuire 521 64,327
    30 Flynn 534 63,400
    31 Hogan 536 63,085
    32 Bryan 585 57,143
    33 Conley 607 55,917
    34 Farrell 652 52,321
    35 Sweeney 651 52,410
    36 Foley 661 51,865
    37 Dillon 683 50,465
    38 O'Neill 689 50,028
    39 Callahan 682 50,524
    40 Brennan 701 49,238
    41 Barry 738 47,274
    42 McDowell 702 49,217
    43 O'Neal 729 47,979
    44 Stafford 747 46,394
    45 Shannon 752 46,147
    46 Nolan 754 46,054
    47 McCullough 755 45,852
    48 Moon 758 45,528
    49 McKee 780 44,137
    50 O'Donnell 795 43,460
    51 Calhoun 803 43,180
    52 Donovan 853 40,410
    53 Reilly 845 40,884
    54 Boyle 866 39,921
    55 Mahoney 855 40,397
    56 Hurley 870 39,796
    57 McMahon 883 39,411
    58 Duffy 892 38,835
    59 Dougherty 915 37,884
    60 McCarty 939 36,944
    61 O'Connell 961 36,194
    62 Coffey 955 36,423
    63 Madden 982 35,438
    64 McCann 983 35,408
    65 McGrath 1,006 34,871
    66 Bray 1,003 34,906
    67 Daugherty 997 34,987
    68 Mooney 1,033 33,555
    69 Shea 1,048 33,329
    70 Carney 1,066 32,897
    71 Dailey 1,072 32,719
    72 Costello 1,093 32,043
    73 Guthrie 1,095 31,956
    74 Gorman 1,100 31,788
    75 Flanagan 1,134 30,887
    76 Donnelly 1,114 31,505
    77 Donahue 1,112 31,563
    78 Daly 1,118 31,330
    79 McDermott 1,151 30,528
    80 Maloney 1,149 30,671
    81 McCabe 1,154 30,401
    82 Byrne 1,198 29,503
    83 Connolly 1,190 29,710
    84 Talley 1,170 30,014
    85 Connor 1,207 29,346
    86 Hickey 1,206 29,350
    87 O'Neil 1,220 28,949
    88 Doherty 1,264 27,787
    89 Dolan 1,283 27,329
    90 Dwyer 1,291 27,240
    91 Cassidy 1,325 26,590
    92 McNamara 1,329 26,534
    93 Sheehan 1,305 26,902
    94 McGinnis 1,303 26,953
    95 Dempsey 1,308 26,863
    96 Grady 1,355 26,103
    97 Gleason 1,395 25,416
    98 Curran 1,423 24,969
    99 Daley 1,427 24,901
    100 Teague 1,456 24,514
    101 McElroy 1,446 24,668
    102 Whalen 1,470 24,262
    103 McManus 1,498 23,909
    104 Devine 1,506 23,775
    105 Maher 1,549 23,222
    106 Dooley 1,527 23,481
    107 McGhee 1,529 23,461
    108 Connelly 1,537 23,398
    109 Driscoll 1,538 23,385
    110 Rainey 1,545 23,291
    111 Egan 1,561 23,048
    112 Sheridan 1,623 22,177
    113 Connell 1,589 22,552
    114 O'Leary 1,607 22,329
    115 Milligan 1,597 22,416
    116 Regan 1,642 21,951
    117 Healy 1,654 21,751
    118 Redmond 1,647 21,834
    119 O'Hara 1,660 21,710
    120 Dugan 1,679 21,455
    121 Hagan 1,710 21,017
    122 Cahill 1,737 20,623
    123 Kearney 1,730 20,706
    124 McMullen 1,742 20,545
    125 Cullen 1,796 20,000
    126 McCollum 1,798 19,990
    127 McQueen 1,814 19,760
    128 Coyle 1,800 19,931
    129 Cody 1,828 19,600
    130 Cronin 1,883 19,078
    131 McCain 1,888 19,032
    132 McClendon 1,907 18,857
    133 Flaherty 2,013 17,926
    134 O'Malley 2,046 17,588
    135 Corcoran 2,044 17,607
    136 Cavanaugh 2,049 17,577
    137 O'Keefe 2,079 17,414
    138 McGovern 2,095 17,257
    139 Quigley 2,113 17,121
    140 Rooney 2,156 16,823
    141 Conroy 2,184 16,651
    142 Maguire 2,173 16,713
    143 Doran 2,174 16,704
    144 Reagan 2,207 16,491
    145 O'Rourke 2,213 16,457
    146 Malloy 2,200 16,546
    147 Dowling 2,245 16,238
    148 Ennis 2,220 16,419
    149 McNally 2,268 16,039
    150 Cleary 2,280 15,980
    151 Monahan 2,347 15,533
    152 Leary 2,351 15,505
    153 Mahan 2,371 15,375
    154 Kearns 2,394 15,136
    155 Ireland 2,445 14,800
    156 Gannon 2,418 14,981
    157 Meehan 2,464 14,630
    158 Mulligan 2,469 14,590
    159 Lawler 2,516 14,387
    160 McDonnell 2,532 14,309
    161 Coughlin 2,510 14,434
    162 McMahan 2,522 14,368
    163 Rowan 2,581 13,993
    164 McClelland 2,564 14,092
    165 Christy 2,621 13,750
    166 Donohue 2,587 13,919
    167 Tierney 2,646 13,608
    168 Dowd 2,651 13,590
    169 Noonan 2,711 13,286
    170 Braden 2,648 13,603
    171 McNulty 2,674 13,483
    172 Dowdy 2,678 13,468
    173 Condon 2,752 13,109
    174 Devlin 2,774 13,014
    175 Gaffney 2,819 12,805
    176 Looney 2,795 12,910
    177 Cooney 2,883 12,455
    178 Clancy 2,871 12,556
    179 O'Reilly 2,970 12,074
    180 Fallon 2,994 11,974
    181 Curley 2,936 12,211
    182 Duggan 2,928 12,237
    183 O'Sullivan 3,032 11,818
    184 Coyne 3,130 11,525
    185 Finnegan 3,068 11,695
    186 Hannon 3,016 11,893
    187 Whelan 3,181 11,363
    188 McHenry 3,082 11,660
    189 Keane 3,154 11,459
    190 Scanlon 3,101 11,610
    191 Grogan 3,165 11,400
    192 Haggerty 3,194 11,320
    193 Garvey 3,196 11,307
    194 Leahy 3,280 11,014
    195 Lennon 3,343 10,720
    196 Horan 3,345 10,711
    197 McCloskey 3,336 10,756
    198 McLemore 3,306 10,850
    199 Flannery 3,409 10,497
    200 O'Shea 3,395 10,531
    201 Turley 3,398 10,524
    202 Lafferty 3,443 10,373
    203 Quinlan 3,469 10,302
    204 Hanlon 3,476 10,278
    205 Neil 3,496 10,228
    206 Keegan 3,450 10,354
    207 Moriarty 3,564 10,005
    208 McMurray 3,613 9,824
    209 Kelleher 3,663 9,714
    210 Bohannon 3,677 9,663
    211 Neill 3,768 9,404
    212 McCune 3,715 9,549
    213 Feeney 3,740 9,473
    214 Mahon 3,749 9,441
    215 Rafferty 3,802 9,311
    216 Shay 3,843 9,212
    217 Fahey 3,811 9,299
    218 Keeney 3,813 9,294
    219 McClintock 3,879 9,141
    220 Hennessy 3,790 9,338
    221 Neeley 3,816 9,288
    222 Scully 4,060 8,747
    223 Raney 4,038 8,801
    224 Dunne 3,974 8,941
    225 Slattery 4,082 8,695
    226 Shanahan 4,119 8,616
    227 Begley 4,200 8,435
    228 Sharkey 4,163 8,514
    229 Covey 4,212 8,414
    230 Gainey 4,140 8,556
    231 McCulloch 4,312 8,244
    232 McCaffrey 4,339 8,181
    233 McLendon 4,193 8,453
    234 Logue 4,255 8,328
    235 Ahern 4,322 8,221
    236 Hennessey 4,245 8,357
    237 McCue 4,309 8,250
    238 Fogarty 4,311 8,245
    239 Hynes 4,388 8,104
    240 Canty 4,413 8,047
    241 Monaghan 4,452 7,968
    242 Durkin 4,448 7,975
    243 Macleod 4,495 7,886
    244 Bogan 4,425 8,034
    245 Mahaffey 4,400 8,079
    246 Kehoe 4,602 7,708
    247 Conlon 4,518 7,845
    248 Brogan 4,577 7,754
    249 Flanigan 4,640 7,648
    250 Coggins 4,594 7,722
    251 Desmond 4,783 7,395
    252 McKeon 4,839 7,283
    253 Carnahan 4,769 7,424
    254 Toomey 4,722 7,510
    255 McKeever 4,642 7,647
    256 O'Grady 4,831 7,306
    257 McDaniels 4,858 7,256
    258 McDevitt 4,768 7,425
    259 Shane 4,796 7,372
    260 McReynolds 4,795 7,373
    261 McCool 4,856 7,259
    262 Molloy 4,868 7,238
    263 Roddy 4,939 7,127
    264 McDade 4,945 7,119
    265 Enright 4,951 7,108
    266 Hannan 4,962 7,086
    267 Heffernan 5,043 6,961
    268 McKelvey 4,985 7,043
    269 Trainor 5,136 6,816
    270 McGinley 5,112 6,851
    271 Durr 5,057 6,937
    272 Kerrigan 5,204 6,714
    273 Harrigan 5,250 6,646
    274 Mulcahy 5,279 6,595
    275 Brophy 5,313 6,557
    276 McHale 5,444 6,391
    277 McCleary 5,317 6,554
    278 Doane 5,356 6,501
    279 Boylan 5,533 6,280
    280 Mulholland 5,474 6,353
    281 McCluskey 5,518 6,301
    282 Mangan 5,508 6,315
    283 Shaughnessy 5,672 6,117
    284 Mulkey 5,724 6,061
    285 Callaghan 5,614 6,191
    286 Coakley 5,666 6,127
    287 McClary 5,713 6,070
    288 McGinty 5,697 6,084
    289 McAuliffe 5,996 5,733
    290 Hamill 5,954 5,781
    291 McNamee 5,917 5,825
    292 McClinton 5,925 5,816
    293 Madigan 6,025 5,707
    294 Milliken 5,892 5,857
    295 McGinn 5,807 5,955
    296 Hagerty 5,983 5,750
    297 McCrory 6,040 5,689
    298 Meagher 5,951 5,784
    299 McGriff 5,947 5,789
    300 Scanlan 6,068 5,654
    301 McGehee 5,984 5,749
    302 Lawlor 6,001 5,729
    303 Carmody 6,041 5,688
    304 Hanrahan 6,141 5,578
    305 Keeley 6,141 5,578
    306 Kavanaugh 6,109 5,611
    307 Markey 6,286 5,435
    308 Eagan 6,190 5,528
    309 McCraw 6,156 5,561
    310 O'Quinn 6,284 5,439
    311 Halloran 6,248 5,465
    312 Dulaney 6,210 5,507
    313 Naughton 6,448 5,264
    314 Kavanagh 6,414 5,301
    315 Brazil 6,373 5,343
    316 Kerley 6,375 5,342
    317 O'Hare 6,607 5,128
    318 McCandless 6,576 5,149
    319 Kain 6,603 5,132
    320 McGough 6,574 5,150
    321 McMullin 6,616 5,119
    322 McShane 6,737 5,006
    323 Leland 6,921 4,848
    324 McCafferty 6,579 5,147
    325 Toland 6,811 4,952
    326 Dowdell 6,777 4,976
    327 Gormley 6,814 4,949
    328 Langan 6,769 4,982
    329 Killion 6,799 4,960
    330 McComas 6,973 4,812
    331 Swinney 6,909 4,856
    332 Sheehy 7,005 4,782
    333 McLoughlin 7,174 4,661
    334 O'Meara 6,983 4,801
    335 Cahoon 6,918 4,849
    336 O'Mara 6,993 4,792
    337 Ahearn 7,211 4,628
    338 McAvoy 7,102 4,715
    339 McAtee 7,061 4,739
    340 McCaslin 7,106 4,709
    341 Maze 7,059 4,742
    342 Keough 7,243 4,605
    343 Maley 7,187 4,651
    344 Breslin 7,418 4,490
    345 Rogan 7,345 4,537
    346 Callan 7,353 4,531
    347 Shealy 7,224 4,620
    348 Hannigan 7,325 4,554
    349 McInerney 7,446 4,473
    350 Shanley 7,384 4,511
    351 Devaney 7,333 4,549
    352 McQuade 7,513 4,430
    353 Donegan 7,601 4,372
    354 Moynihan 7,627 4,352
    355 McGuinness 7,650 4,342
    356 Brian 7,854 4,214
    357 McGlynn 7,880 4,200
    358 Kinsella 7,920 4,179
    359 Horgan 7,875 4,202
    360 Mullaney 7,803 4,241
    361 McAuley 7,906 4,186
    362 McCollough 7,774 4,269
    363 Gallaher 7,885 4,198
    364 Lydon 8,103 4,091
    365 Drennan 7,821 4,233
    366 Gilroy 8,449 3,910
    367 Derry 7,863 4,209
    368 Heaney 7,888 4,197
    369 Reidy 7,896 4,193
    370 McAnally 7,997 4,136
    371 Muldoon 8,121 4,084
    372 Karns 8,003 4,133
    373 Skelly 7,958 4,157
    374 McCarley 8,072 4,106
    375 Feeley 8,084 4,101
    376 Hoey 8,163 4,062
    377 Nunnally 8,168 4,058
    378 Finnerty 8,184 4,052
    379 McAbee 8,196 4,049
    380 Bergin 8,291 3,996
    381 Malley 8,313 3,986
    382 Neale 8,599 3,828
    383 Houlihan 8,365 3,958
    384 Mulvey 8,389 3,945
    385 Halley 8,394 3,943
    386 Oday 8,878 3,688
    387 Lavery 8,401 3,938
    388 Carrick 8,405 3,935
    389 McGlothlin 8,317 3,984
    390 Tinney 8,488 3,884
    391 Kerwin 8,635 3,808
    392 McGann 8,547 3,853
    393 Kenna 8,586 3,837
    394 McGrady 8,611 3,819
    395 McElhaney 8,547 3,853
    396 McGaha 8,676 3,787
    397 Millican 8,690 3,779
    398 Pray 8,700 3,773
    399 Lonergan 8,817 3,713
    400 McSweeney 8,639 3,807
    401 McElveen 8,768 3,740
    402 Bresnahan 8,975 3,646
    403 McMurry 8,882 3,687
    404 McAdoo 9,122 3,580
    405 Geraghty 9,384 3,465
    406 Galligan 8,938 3,663
    407 Linehan 9,050 3,610
    408 Deegan 8,962 3,653
    409 Glennon 9,165 3,561
    410 McCarron 9,054 3,609
    411 McElwee 9,074 3,602
    412 Colgan 8,965 3,651
    413 Eakin 9,013 3,628
    414 McPeak 9,020 3,625
    415 Beery 9,501 3,421
    416 O'Conner 9,048 3,611
    417 Strahan 9,172 3,559
    418 Haugh 9,174 3,558
    419 McGlone 9,233 3,527
    420 Kennelly 9,666 3,358
    421 Donahoe 9,361 3,475
    422 Culley 9,241 3,522
    423 Maughan 9,319 3,494
    424 O'Halloran 9,839 3,289
    425 Donoghue 9,810 3,300
    426 McCalla 9,745 3,326
    427 Gaughan 9,496 3,423
    428 McMillion 9,520 3,415
    429 Darrah 9,531 3,410
    430 O'Shaughnessy 9,940 3,246
    431 Canavan 9,836 3,290
    432 Halligan 10,013 3,220
    433 Loughlin 9,786 3,309
    434 Maney 9,672 3,355
    435 Hegarty 9,672 3,355
    436 Foran 9,808 3,301
    437 Mulvaney 9,821 3,296
    438 Callen 10,095 3,190
    439 Mahar 9,803 3,302
    440 Twomey 9,949 3,245
    441 Mulhern 10,274 3,138
    442 McNeese 10,001 3,223
    443 O'Loughlin 10,191 3,162
    444 McCarroll 9,940 3,246
    445 McKernan 10,255 3,144
    446 Govan 10,103 3,188
    447 Mara 10,790 2,956
    448 McGary 10,219 3,154
    449 Killeen 10,245 3,146
    450 Mulvihill 10,099 3,189
    451 Spillane 10,528 3,047
    452 Corr 10,535 3,045
    453 Callihan 10,320 3,122
    454 McElrath 10,326 3,120
    455 Moloney 10,755 2,967
    456 Caffrey 10,486 3,062
    457 McLamb 10,373 3,106
    458 Griffey 10,560 3,035
    459 Coan 10,596 3,024
    460 O'Callaghan 10,626 3,014
    461 McGaughey 10,517 3,050
    462 Loughran 10,844 2,937
    463 Hennigan 10,726 2,978
    464 O'Dea 10,751 2,968
    465 McKinstry 10,620 3,015
    466 Kiely 11,076 2,868
    467 Furey 10,935 2,911
    468 Coogan 11,463 2,748
    469 Hartigan 11,597 2,707
    470 McEntee 11,118 2,852
    471 McGoldrick 11,031 2,882
    472 Lucey 11,179 2,829
    473 Laverty 11,044 2,879
    474 Behan 11,092 2,862
    475 Leddy 11,308 2,793
    476 Duffin 11,493 2,738
    477 Hennen 11,322 2,787
    478 Herlihy 12,188 2,556
    479 Prunty 11,319 2,789
    480 McConville 11,474 2,743
    481 Scannell 11,679 2,684
    482 McMullan 11,954 2,615
    483 McKeehan 11,810 2,650
    484 McCumber 11,821 2,647
    485 McConkey 11,663 2,688
    486 McCary 11,882 2,635
    487 McCurley 11,753 2,665
    488 Keogh 11,965 2,612
    489 Crimmins 11,778 2,661
    490 Donlon 12,009 2,600
    491 Lenahan 11,821 2,647
    492 Manus 11,882 2,635
    493 Toohey 11,942 2,618
    494 Dunleavy 12,351 2,517
    495 Lanigan 12,025 2,596
    496 Moylan 12,055 2,587
    497 McNary 12,292 2,529
    498 McCarver 12,732 2,424
    499 Sweeny 12,362 2,515
    500 Costigan 12,566 2,463