Relihan is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 7 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Relihan?

Relihan is ranked 281764 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Relihan bearers increased by 1.66113 per cent in 2010 US census to 306 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2655 spots and ranked at 64891. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.06 95.35
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 3.32
Relihan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 1084 people have been found who wears Relihan as their family name. Few people around the world have Relihan as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
18,969 Wales1
81,201 Switzerland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
78,930 Canada36
75,259 Australia22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,317 England75
Countries with hundreds of Relihan:
64,824 United States387
18,360 South Africa329
2,105 Ireland224

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Maurice Relihan was 50 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 19, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as farmer and took E. Forestal from Limerick. Spinster Mary Relihan, Workman Michael Relihan, are other Relihan that migrated to US.

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