Kerrigan meaning | Last name Kerrigan origin

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

Kerrigan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland languages. Kerrigan has 8 characters long in length.

Kerrigan is common in Ireland country(ies).

Kerrigan is ranked 32771 in our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kerrigans grew by 23.53266 per cent to 6714 since 2000 and ranked 5204 after elevating 627 spots. The last name was found in around 23 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.76 96.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 1.47
Others 1.46 1.25
Black 0.57 0.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.39

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Kerrigan

How popular is Kerrigan?

Kerrigan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 15238 people have been found who wears Kerrigan as their family name. Kerrigan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
475 Turks and Caicos Islands6
8,438 China5
11,480 Japan4
19,452 Malaysia3
14,126 Colombia3
21,529 Singapore2
5,217 Zambia2
34,681 Norway2
9,185 Hong Kong2
1,777 Jersey2
6,103 Cyprus2
40,256 Mexico2
153,416 Italy1
50,549 Georgia1
810,193 Indonesia1
277,603 France1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,578 Guam1
37,779 Serbia1
42,479 Greece1
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Immigrants to US

Workman Dennis Kerrigan from Ireland aboard the Cornet from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on May 18, 1846. Catherine Kerrigan, aged 19, 30 years old Hugh Kerrigan, Jas. Kerrigan, aged 35, Ellen Kerrigan (22) Maid, John Kerrigan, aged 20, 24 years old Patrick Kerrigan, Mathew Kerrigan, aged 18, Mark Kerrigan, aged 23, and 62 other Kerrigan around 56.6% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, spinster, tailoress migrated to US from Liverpool, Londonderry, Dublin and Sligo.

Celebrities having Kerrigan surname

Ryan Kerrigan Football linebacker
J. Warren Kerrigan Film actor
J. M. Kerrigan Character actor
J. Warren Kerrigan Film actor
J. Warren Kerrigan Film actor
Steve Kerrigan American Politician
Daryl Kerrigan Fashion designer
Steve Kerrigan American Politician
Dermot Kerrigan Actor
Nancy Kerrigan Figure skater
  • Rick Kerrigan characterized the key character of Moon in 2011 drama and family film The Sandman.

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