Meagher is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 7 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Meagher?

Meagher is common in Australia.

Meagher is ranked 35256 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Meagher bearers increased by 2.936466 per cent in 2010 US census to 5784 since 2000, the surname slipped by 287 spots and ranked at 5951. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.18 96.74
Hispanic or Latino 2.49 1.42
Others 1.14 0.8
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.48
Black 0.48 0.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.12 0.18
Meagher is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 14090 people have been found who wears Meagher as their family name. Meagher is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
95,557 Czech Republic6
2,967 Vietnam3
14,054 China3
108,034 Italy3
12,161 Wales2
50,640 Switzerland2
18,718 Thailand2
139,444 Brazil2
35,969 Denmark2
47,891 Norway1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
31,584 Peru1
897,276 Russia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
19,810 Croatia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
10,958 Bangladesh1
408 Åland1
1,818 Guernsey1
49,529 Israel1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,371 Syria1
2,196 Liberia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
28,365 Kenya1
3,071 Jersey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
460,058 India17
86,938 Spain14
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
49,486 South Africa91
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Meagher:
8,557 England774
34,330 Germany303
6,410 New Zealand116
Countries with thousands of Meagher:
4,975 United States7,964
465 Ireland1,621
3,157 Canada1,499
2,168 Australia1,441
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Thomas Meagher from Ireland aboard the Queen Of The West from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in New-York on April 11, 1846. Farmer Morrias Meagher, Workman Patrick Meagher, Edward Meagher (21) Workman, 38 years old Michael Meagher, 26 years old William Meagher, Michael Meagher, aged 28, 14 years old Patt. Meagher, 35 years old John Meagher, and 43 other Meagher around 38.24% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster, sawyer migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin, New Ross and Limerick.

Meagher Namesakes

  • Aileen Meagher, Olympic athlete
  • Aileen Meagher, Olympic athlete
  • Aoife Meagher, Actress
  • Roderick Meagher, Judge
  • Jack Meagher, Football player
  • Ray Meagher, Character actor
  • Mary T. Meagher, Swimmer
  • Ray Meagher, Character actor
  • Brien Meagher, Television producer
  • Ray Meagher, Character actor

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