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Most common surnames in County Westmeath

Kelly was the commonest surname in Co. Westmeath in 1911: 810 people, about one resident in 74. It was followed by O'Reilly, Daly, McCormack and Murray.

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

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The 25 commonest names, 1911

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1 Kelly 810 135 1 2
2 O'Reilly 792 132 3 3
3 Daly 753 125 5 4
4 McCormack 725 120 6 1
5 Murray 686 114 2 5
6 Farrell 682 113 4 6
7 Smith 609 101 7 7
8 Fagan 587 98 8 8
9 Lynch 487 81 9 9
10 Moran 433 72 10 10
11 Byrne 430 71 12 14
12 Duffy 399 66 11 12
13 O'Connor 359 60 15 15
14 Dunne 339 56 13 11
15 Murphy 325 54 16 16
16 Murtagh 312 52 14 18
17 Scally 312 52 18 26
18 O'Connell 311 52 19 22
19 Doyle 304 51 23 28
20 Flynn 304 51 25 13
21 Fox 303 50 20 20
22 O'Brien 296 49 24 17
23 Walsh 293 49 26 24
24 Carroll 284 47 30 21
25 Coffey 284 47 22 31

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 Westmeath

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

  1. McCormack 5.33× 725 people · 120 per 10,000
  2. Farrell 3.76× 682 people · 113 per 10,000
  3. Daly 3.75× 753 people · 125 per 10,000
  4. Moran 2.98× 433 people · 72 per 10,000
  5. Murray 2.77× 686 people · 114 per 10,000
  6. Duffy 2.39× 399 people · 66 per 10,000
  7. O'Reilly 2.37× 792 people · 132 per 10,000
  8. Flanagan 2.34× 238 people · 40 per 10,000
  9. Ward 2.18× 282 people · 47 per 10,000
  10. Lynch 2.02× 487 people · 81 per 10,000

Questions about surnames in Westmeath

What is the most common surname in County Westmeath?

In the 1911 census the most common surname in Co. Westmeath was Kelly, with 810 people, or about one resident in 74. The next most common were O'Reilly, Daly, McCormack and Murray. By 1926 the commonest name was McCormack.

Which surnames are most typical of County Westmeath?

Compared with Ireland as a whole, the names most over-represented in Co. Westmeath in 1911 (among the 100 commonest Irish surnames) were McCormack (5.33× the national rate), Farrell (3.76× the national rate), Daly (3.75× the national rate).

Ancestors from County Westmeath?

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

Westmeath records on irishcensus.com