Notes Regarding Surname Distribution

The Most Common Surnames in Ireland

This list is the same in both by The Observer, Wikipedia, and the Irish Genealogical Society. With conflicting citations.

It is also duplicated elsewhere.

The citation to the Observer and Wikipedia claims the count is representative of 2007 A.D.

The Genealogy Society references a source written in 1909 A.D. regards the status in 1891 A.D..

We suspect those concerning the Observer and Wikipedia did not acurately identify the Genealogy Society or the original author as the source.

There is elsewhere a list of the top American Surnames of Irish Origin, and the top American Surnames which include many of Irish Origin.

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Most Common Surnames in Ireland (#)

  1. Murphy
  2. Kelly
  3. O'Sullivan
  4. Walsh
  5. Smith
  6. O'Brien
  7. Byrne
  8. Ryan
  9. O'Connor
  10. O'Neill
  11. O'Reilly
  12. Doyle
  13. McCarthy
  14. Gallagher
  15. O'Doherty
  16. Kennedy
  17. Lynch
  18. Murray
  19. Quinn
  20. Moore

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