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Most common surnames in County Tipperary

Ryan was the commonest surname in Co. Tipperary in 1911: 10,732 people, about one resident in 14. It was followed by O'Brien, O'Dwyer, Maher and Kennedy.

Counts are people living in the county on census night, with spelling variants combined (Sullivan and O'Sullivan count as one name).

Donegal Waterford Dublin Kilkenny Carlow Limerick Louth Tipperary Roscommon Meath Wicklow Cavan Cork Clare Galway Mayo Sligo Leitrim Offaly Laois Kildare Kerry Monaghan Wexford Longford Westmeath Tyrone Antrim Armagh Fermanagh Londonderry Down

The 25 commonest names, 1911

#SurnamePeoplePer 10,00019011926
1 Ryan 10,732 703 1 1
2 O'Brien 3,231 212 2 2
3 O'Dwyer 2,882 189 3 3
4 Maher 2,878 189 4 4
5 Kennedy 2,497 164 5 5
6 Burke 2,461 161 6 6
7 Hogan 1,846 121 7 7
8 Walsh 1,673 110 8 8
9 Gleeson 1,630 107 9 9
10 McGrath 1,401 92 10 10
11 Murphy 1,314 86 12 11
12 O'Connor 1,246 82 13 13
13 Kelly 1,178 77 15 12
14 Carroll 1,176 77 11 14
15 O'Meara 1,128 74 14 15
16 Hayes 1,119 73 16 16
17 O'Donnell 1,057 69 17 19
18 Lonergan 1,001 66 19 17
19 Fitzgerald 984 65 20 18
20 Power 978 64 18 21
21 Butler 975 64 22 20
22 Fogarty 942 62 21 22
23 O'Neill 872 57 25 24
24 Cleary 826 54 23 26
25 O'Sullivan 821 54 24 23

The 1901 and 1926 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 Tipperary

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

  1. O'Dwyer 10.85× 2,882 people · 189 per 10,000
  2. Maher 10.73× 2,878 people · 189 per 10,000
  3. Ryan 10.06× 10,732 people · 703 per 10,000
  4. Hogan 7.22× 1,846 people · 121 per 10,000
  5. Kennedy 4.07× 2,497 people · 164 per 10,000
  6. Burke 3.81× 2,461 people · 161 per 10,000
  7. McGrath 3.49× 1,401 people · 92 per 10,000
  8. Hayes 3.27× 1,119 people · 73 per 10,000
  9. O'Brien 3× 3,231 people · 212 per 10,000
  10. Power 2.61× 978 people · 64 per 10,000

Questions about surnames in Tipperary

What is the most common surname in County Tipperary?

In the 1911 census the most common surname in Co. Tipperary was Ryan, with 10,732 people, or about one resident in 14. The next most common were O'Brien, O'Dwyer, Maher and Kennedy. Ryan was still the commonest name in 1926.

Which surnames are most typical of County Tipperary?

Compared with Ireland as a whole, the names most over-represented in Co. Tipperary in 1911 (among the 100 commonest Irish surnames) were O'Dwyer (10.85× the national rate), Maher (10.73× the national rate), Ryan (10.06× the national rate).

Ancestors from County Tipperary?

Browse every townland and household in Co. Tipperary in the 1901, 1911 and 1926 censuses.

Tipperary records on irishcensus.com