Houlihan is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Houlihan
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Houlihan

How popular is Houlihan?

Houlihan is common in England.

Houlihan is ranked 47078 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Houlihans plummeted by 2.029703 per cent to 3958 since 2000 and slipped by 775 spots and ranked at 8365. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.57 96.49
Hispanic or Latino 2.6 1.46
Others 1.44 1.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.52
Black 0.43 0.32
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.18 0.12
Houlihan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 10176 people have been found who wears Houlihan as their family name. Houlihan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
90,215 Germany3
139,444 Brazil2
65,594 Belgium2
4,367 Afghanistan2
147,165 Czech Republic2
91,784 Netherlands2
1,704,541 India1
24,771 Colombia1
25,721 Egypt1
8,859 Iraq1
7,895 South Korea1
56,169 Mexico1
5,916 Mozambique1
6,967 Macedonia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
47,891 Norway1
21,562 Portugal1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
16,283 Lithuania1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,180 Scotland85
56,973 South Africa73
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Houlihan:
3,977 Australia763
9,271 Canada433
5,718 New Zealand133
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Houlihan:
7,230 United States5,261
427 Ireland1,834
5,500 England1,312
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 23 years old farmer Edward Houlihan who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on June 20, 1849 by Maria put out from Limerick. John Houlihan, aged 21, Workwoman Judy Houlihan, Immigrant William Houlihan, Ann Houlihan, aged 20, Samuel Houlihan (50) Workman, 21 years old Margaret Houlihan, Jno. Houlihan (25) Farmer, are others that migrated to US from Limerick, Liverpool and Cork.

Houlihan Namesakes

  • Barrie Houlihan, Author
  • Carolyn Houlihan, Actress
  • Keri Houlihan, TV actor
  • Paddy Houlihan, Film producer
  • Paddy Houlihan, TV actor
  • Paddy Houlihan, Film producer
  • Patrick Houlihan, Politician
  • Trae Houlihan, Actress
  • Malek Houlihan, Actor
  • In 2016, Elizabeth Houlihan played the role of Fiona Rae in comedy, horror film Attack of the Killer Shrews!.

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