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Surnames by county · Ulster

Most common surnames in County Tyrone

Quinn was the commonest surname in Co. Tyrone in 1911: 2,116 people, about one resident in 68. It was followed by O'Neill, Donnelly, Kelly and Devlin.

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 Quinn 2,116 148 1
2 O'Neill 1,723 121 2
3 Donnelly 1,583 111 3
4 Kelly 1,578 111 4
5 Devlin 1,475 103 5
6 Campbell 1,295 91 6
7 Hamilton 1,093 77 9
8 McKenna 1,064 75 7
9 Hughes 990 69 8
10 Gallagher 966 68 11
11 McCullagh 909 64 10
12 Smith 878 62 14
13 Johnston 855 60 13
14 McLaughlin 831 58 18
15 Wilson 809 57 12
16 Brown 806 56 16
17 McCrory 779 55 15
18 Doherty 775 54 19
19 Devine 739 52 21
20 Maguire 734 51 22
21 Conway 721 51 17
22 McAleer 721 51 23
23 Donaghy 690 48 28
24 McCann 659 46 25
25 McFarland 651 46 20

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 Tyrone

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

  1. Donnelly 5.63× 1,583 people · 111 per 10,000
  2. Hamilton 4.1× 1,093 people · 77 per 10,000
  3. Quinn 4.07× 2,116 people · 148 per 10,000
  4. McKenna 3.82× 1,064 people · 75 per 10,000
  5. McCann 2.82× 659 people · 46 per 10,000
  6. Campbell 2.8× 1,295 people · 91 per 10,000
  7. Hughes 2.61× 990 people · 69 per 10,000
  8. Reid 2.33× 544 people · 38 per 10,000
  9. O'Neill 2.08× 1,723 people · 121 per 10,000
  10. Robinson 2.04× 564 people · 40 per 10,000

Questions about surnames in Tyrone

What is the most common surname in County Tyrone?

In the 1911 census the most common surname in Co. Tyrone was Quinn, with 2,116 people, or about one resident in 68. The next most common were O'Neill, Donnelly, Kelly and Devlin.

Which surnames are most typical of County Tyrone?

Compared with Ireland as a whole, the names most over-represented in Co. Tyrone in 1911 (among the 100 commonest Irish surnames) were Donnelly (5.63× the national rate), Hamilton (4.1× the national rate), Quinn (4.07× the national rate).

Ancestors from County Tyrone?

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

Tyrone records on irishcensus.com