Monaghan meaning | Last name Monaghan origin

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

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

Monaghan is common in Northern Ireland country(ies).

Monaghan is ranked 16444 in 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

How popular is Monaghan?

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
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

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.

Celebrities having Monaghan surname

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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