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Most common surnames in County Wexford

Murphy was the commonest surname in Co. Wexford in 1911: 5,426 people, about one resident in 19. It was followed by Doyle, Byrne, Walsh and Furlong.

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

#SurnamePeoplePer 10,00019011926
1 Murphy 5,426 530 1 1
2 Doyle 3,827 374 2 2
3 Byrne 1,931 189 3 3
4 Walsh 1,666 163 4 4
5 Furlong 1,551 152 5 7
6 Redmond 1,491 146 7 5
7 O'Connor 1,461 143 6 9
8 Roche 1,437 140 8 10
9 Kehoe 1,427 139 9 8
10 O'Brien 1,390 136 10 6
11 Kavanagh 1,270 124 11 11
12 Kelly 1,121 110 12 13
13 Cullen 1,091 107 14 14
14 Nolan 1,051 103 16 12
15 O'Neill 1,045 102 15 15
16 Sinnott 979 96 13 17
17 O'Leary 949 93 17 18
18 Kinsella 885 86 20 16
19 Ryan 867 85 18 19
20 Whelan 826 81 22 21
21 Power 807 79 21 22
22 Breen 791 77 19 20
23 Dempsey 711 69 24 23
24 Brown 675 66 23 24
25 Dunne 640 63 26 25

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 Wexford

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

  1. Doyle 8.03× 3,827 people · 374 per 10,000
  2. Roche 7.62× 1,437 people · 140 per 10,000
  3. Cullen 6.46× 1,090 people · 106 per 10,000
  4. Kavanagh 5.39× 1,270 people · 124 per 10,000
  5. Whelan 4.27× 826 people · 81 per 10,000
  6. Murphy 4.16× 5,426 people · 530 per 10,000
  7. O'Leary 4.14× 949 people · 93 per 10,000
  8. Nolan 3.8× 1,051 people · 103 per 10,000
  9. Power 3.21× 807 people · 79 per 10,000
  10. McDonald 2.87× 521 people · 51 per 10,000

Questions about surnames in Wexford

What is the most common surname in County Wexford?

In the 1911 census the most common surname in Co. Wexford was Murphy, with 5,426 people, or about one resident in 19. The next most common were Doyle, Byrne, Walsh and Furlong. Murphy was still the commonest name in 1926.

Which surnames are most typical of County Wexford?

Compared with Ireland as a whole, the names most over-represented in Co. Wexford in 1911 (among the 100 commonest Irish surnames) were Doyle (8.03× the national rate), Roche (7.62× the national rate), Cullen (6.46× the national rate).

Ancestors from County Wexford?

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

Wexford records on irishcensus.com