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Most common surnames in County Wicklow

Byrne was the commonest surname in Co. Wicklow in 1911: 3,766 people, about one resident in 16. It was followed by Doyle, Murphy, Kelly and Kavanagh.

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 Byrne 3,766 619 1 1
2 Doyle 2,035 335 2 2
3 Murphy 1,157 190 3 3
4 Kelly 1,033 170 4 4
5 Kavanagh 1,015 167 5 6
6 O'Brien 909 149 6 5
7 Cullen 696 114 7 9
8 O'Neill 647 106 9 7
9 Toole 633 104 10 8
10 Nolan 601 99 8 10
11 O'Reilly 511 84 11 11
12 Dunne 410 67 13 12
13 Kenny 387 64 15 13
14 Smith 376 62 12 15
15 McDonald 371 61 22 21
16 Whelan 349 57 17 19
17 Murray 339 56 20 17
18 Carroll 338 56 21 28
19 O'Connor 334 55 16 20
20 Farrell 330 54 14 22
21 Redmond 329 54 18 27
22 Keogh 321 53 19 14
23 Kinsella 311 51 23 16
24 Kennedy 309 51 25 18
25 Burke 281 46 24 24

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 Wicklow

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

  1. Byrne 9.16× 3,766 people · 619 per 10,000
  2. Kavanagh 7.24× 1,015 people · 167 per 10,000
  3. Doyle 7.19× 2,035 people · 335 per 10,000
  4. Cullen 6.95× 696 people · 114 per 10,000
  5. Nolan 3.65× 601 people · 99 per 10,000
  6. McDonald 3.44× 371 people · 61 per 10,000
  7. Whelan 3.03× 349 people · 57 per 10,000
  8. Kenny 3× 387 people · 64 per 10,000
  9. Dunne 2.14× 410 people · 67 per 10,000
  10. O'Brien 2.11× 909 people · 149 per 10,000

Questions about surnames in Wicklow

What is the most common surname in County Wicklow?

In the 1911 census the most common surname in Co. Wicklow was Byrne, with 3,766 people, or about one resident in 16. The next most common were Doyle, Murphy, Kelly and Kavanagh. Byrne was still the commonest name in 1926.

Which surnames are most typical of County Wicklow?

Compared with Ireland as a whole, the names most over-represented in Co. Wicklow in 1911 (among the 100 commonest Irish surnames) were Byrne (9.16× the national rate), Kavanagh (7.24× the national rate), Doyle (7.19× the national rate).

Ancestors from County Wicklow?

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

Wicklow records on irishcensus.com