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Surnames by county · Ulster

Most common surnames in County Fermanagh

Maguire was the commonest surname in Co. Fermanagh in 1911: 2,025 people, about one resident in 30. It was followed by Johnston, McManus, Armstrong and O'Reilly.

Counts are people living in the county on census night, with spelling variants combined (Sullivan and O'Sullivan count as one name). The 1926 census covered the Irish Free State only, so it has no figures for this county.

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The 25 commonest names, 1911

#SurnamePeoplePer 10,0001901
1 Maguire 2,025 334 1
2 Johnston 1,084 179 2
3 McManus 1,048 173 3
4 Armstrong 855 141 4
5 O'Reilly 693 114 6
6 Elliott 603 99 7
7 Gallagher 603 99 5
8 Murphy 596 98 8
9 McCaffrey 588 97 13
10 Cassidy 496 82 10
11 Wilson 493 81 9
12 Graham 443 73 11
13 Smith 424 70 17
14 Dolan 417 69 14
15 Irvine 408 67 16
16 Thompson 378 62 15
17 Martin 375 62 12
18 Monaghan 375 62 18
19 Duffy 360 59 19
20 Flanagan 342 56 21
21 McMahon 334 55 20
22 Leonard 322 53 22
23 Corrigan 320 53 23
24 Breen 295 49 32
25 Murray 283 47 31

The 1901 columns give the name's rank in the county in that year; a dash means it was outside the top 40. Linked names have a full page with meaning, Irish forms and history.

Names most typical of Fermanagh

Among the 100 commonest Irish surnames, these were the most over-represented in Co. Fermanagh in 1911, compared with their share of Ireland's population as a whole.

  1. Maguire 11.5× 2,025 people · 334 per 10,000
  2. Johnston 5.75× 1,084 people · 179 per 10,000
  3. Graham 3.67× 443 people · 73 per 10,000
  4. Flanagan 3.33× 342 people · 56 per 10,000
  5. Wilson 2.53× 493 people · 81 per 10,000
  6. McMahon 2.52× 334 people · 55 per 10,000
  7. Robinson 2.36× 278 people · 46 per 10,000
  8. Thompson 2.34× 378 people · 62 per 10,000
  9. Gallagher 2.28× 603 people · 99 per 10,000
  10. Duffy 2.14× 360 people · 59 per 10,000

Questions about surnames in Fermanagh

What is the most common surname in County Fermanagh?

In the 1911 census the most common surname in Co. Fermanagh was Maguire, with 2,025 people, or about one resident in 30. The next most common were Johnston, McManus, Armstrong and O'Reilly.

Which surnames are most typical of County Fermanagh?

Compared with Ireland as a whole, the names most over-represented in Co. Fermanagh in 1911 (among the 100 commonest Irish surnames) were Maguire (11.5× the national rate), Johnston (5.75× the national rate), Graham (3.67× the national rate).

Ancestors from County Fermanagh?

Browse every townland and household in Co. Fermanagh in the 1901, 1911 censuses.

Fermanagh records on irishcensus.com