Kelleher meaning | Last name Kelleher origin

Following is the meaning of Kelleher surname. Family name Kelleher is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Kelleher
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kelleher

Kelleher is used as a family name or surname in United States languages. Kelleher has 8 characters long in length.

Kelleher is common in United States country(ies).

Kelleher is ranked 19112 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kelleher bearers increased by 1.877294 per cent in 2010 US census to 9714 since 2000, the surname slipped by 230 spots and ranked at 3663. The last name was found in around 33 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.33 96.36
Hispanic or Latino 2.55 1.63
Others 1.06 1.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.71 0.62
Black 0.26 0.19
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.09 0.1

How popular is Kelleher?

Kelleher is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 27256 people have been found who wears Kelleher as their family name. Kelleher is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
705 Gibraltar7
114,007 Czech Republic4
381,097 Ukraine4
14,078 Japan3
4,138 Bahrain3
14,054 China3
1,777 Jersey2
14,621 Croatia2
41,879 Turkey2
5,298 Botswana2
139,444 Brazil2
124,220 Italy2
4,104 South Korea2
14,521 Portugal2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
7,847 Albania1
53,033 Nigeria1
30,360 Thailand1
34,581 Chile1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

Daniel Kelleher was 40 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on November 18, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Elsinore from Liverpool. Immigrant Julia Kelleher, Edward Kelleher (22) Workman, Johanna Kelleher, aged 18, Cathe. Kelleher (16) Immigrant, James Kelleher (20) Immigrant, Immigrant Mary Kelleher, Cornelius Kelleher, aged 30, 30 years old Ellen Kelleher, and 70 other Kelleher around 56% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, servant migrated to US.

Celebrities having Kelleher surname

Robert J. Kelleher Judge
Michael Kelleher Poet
Michael Kelleher Poet
Aoife Kelleher Film director
Michael Kelleher Poet
Dennis Kelleher Soccer player
Byron Kelleher Rugby union player
Byron Kelleher Rugby union player
Caitlyn Kelleher Mathematician
Billy Kelleher Teachta Dála

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