Gaughan is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gaughan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gaughan

How popular is Gaughan?

Gaughan is common in England.

Gaughan is ranked 58220 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gaughan bearers increased by 3.071364 per cent in 2010 US census to 3423 since 2000, the surname slipped by 446 spots and ranked at 9496. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.41 97.41
Hispanic or Latino 1.72 0.93
Others 1.26 0.72
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.79 0.54
Gaughan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 7974 people have been found who wears Gaughan as their family name. Gaughan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
616,339 India10
720,003 Russia4
219,873 France2
50,640 Switzerland2
16,640 Hong Kong1
30,360 Thailand1
25,746 Finland1
6,212 Jamaica1
107,212 South Africa1
56,169 Mexico1
3,275 Nepal1
50,549 Georgia1
118,015 Netherlands1
66,560 Philippines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
77,122 Sweden1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
20,041 New Zealand24
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,105 Wales90
Countries with hundreds of Gaughan:
775 Ireland890
1,575 Scotland466
14,902 Australia180
23,421 Canada149
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Gaughan:
8,813 United States4,216
4,290 England1,737
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Betty Gaughan hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Jessore and arrived on September 1, 1849. 44 years old Michael Gaughan, Michael Gaughan (26) Workman, 22 years old William Gaughan, 25 years old James Gaughan, Mary Gaughan (18) Maid, Workman Patt Gaughan, Workwoman Mary Gaughan, Workwoman Marg. Gaughan, and 33 other Gaughan around 85.71% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Gaughan Namesakes

  • Dick Gaughan, Musician
  • Brendan Gaughan, Race car driver
  • Michael Gaughan, Jackie Gaughan's son
  • Brendan Gaughan, Race car driver
  • Brendan Gaughan, Race car driver
  • Michael Gaughan, Jackie Gaughan's son
  • Brendan Gaughan, Race car driver
  • John Gaughan, Magician
  • Brendan Gaughan, Race car driver
  • Dick Gaughan, Musician

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