Monaghan is used as a family name or surname in Northern Ireland. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Monaghan
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Northern Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Monaghan

How popular is Monaghan?

Monaghan is common in Northern Ireland.

Monaghan is ranked 16444 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Monaghan bearers increased by 4.663076 per cent in 2010 US census to 7968 since 2000, the surname slipped by 137 spots and ranked at 4452. The last name was found in around 27 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.76 96.86
Hispanic or Latino 1.58 0.92
Others 1.03 0.77
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.69 0.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.5
Black 0.35 0.29
Monaghan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 31974 people have been found who wears Monaghan as their family name. Monaghan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
6,072 China7
95,557 Czech Republic6
607,991 Indonesia5
381,097 Ukraine4
11,392 Slovakia3
2,720 South Korea3
25,074 Greece3
35,789 Turkey3
900 Laos2
20,837 Venezuela2
6,103 Cyprus2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
124,220 Italy2
18,625 Japan2
26,123 Malaysia2
54,135 Philippines2
40,256 Mexico2
199,150 Kazakhstan1
25,721 Egypt1
2,309 Monaco1
5,916 Mozambique1
13,606 Senegal1
799 British Virgin Islands1
1,818 Guernsey1
3,307 Malta1
8,181 Botswana1
1,704,541 India1
25,746 Finland1
1,254 Gibraltar1
21,562 Portugal1
3,071 Jersey1
11,923 Slovenia1
77,122 Sweden1
9,591 Panama1
2,613 The Bahamas1
2,578 Guam1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
2,057 Isle of Man1
16,073 Latvia1
169,904 Brazil1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
46,461 Netherlands40
20,103 Norway33
8,720 Qatar29
36,547 Switzerland27
353,279 Russia19
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,451 United Arab Emirates92
33,508 Spain70
66,582 Argentina60
5,248 Singapore59
Countries with hundreds of Monaghan:
10,869 South Africa584
1,476 New Zealand502
31,047 Germany336
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
1,747 Wales226
28,734 Poland191
61,459 France159
Countries with thousands of Monaghan:
4,007 United States9,971
1,108 England6,910
224 Ireland3,701
883 Australia3,517
2,465 Canada2,002
536 Scotland1,614
225 Northern Ireland1,455
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Bridget Monaghan was 7 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 15, 1846. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as child and took Henrietta Mary from Liverpool. Bridget Monaghan (20) Spinster, James Monaghan (50) Workman, James Monaghan, aged 19, Workman Thomas Monaghan, Mary Monaghan (18) Workwoman, 26 years old Richard Monaghan, 26 years old Pheebe Monaghan, Workman John Monaghan, and 521 other Monaghan around 52.22% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and mason, farmer, dressmaker, tailoress, shoemaker, servant, clerk migrated to US.

Monaghan Namesakes

  • Marjorie Monaghan, Actress
  • Craig Monaghan, Business person
  • Cameron Monaghan, Actor
  • Daxton Monaghan, Musical Artist
  • Deirdre Monaghan, Film actress
  • Deirdre Monaghan, Film actress
  • Des Monaghan, Television producer
  • Dominic Monaghan, Actor
  • Dominic Monaghan, Actor
  • Dominic Monaghan, Actor
  • Jordan Monaghan portrayed the central role of Kat in 2015 comedy and drama flick Dirty Beautiful.
  • In 2008, Talia Monaghan characterized the role of Ribbon 1 and Missy in comedy, drama film Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger.

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