Linguistic Archaeology: The Irish clans

Irish family Names

1. Adair
2. Ahearne
3. Aheron
4. Aird
5. Bain
6. Bannon
7. Barrett
8. Barry
9. Beahan
10. Beatty
11. Bell
12. Bergan
13. Bergin
14. Berry
15. Binchy
16. Bird
17. Blaine
18. Blighe
19. Bohan
20. Boland
21. Bolger
22. Boran
23. Borin
24. Boughy
25. Boyce
26. Boylan
27. Bradley
28. Brady
29. Brahan
30. Brannigan
31. Brawney
32. Breen
33. Brennan
34. Brian
35. Brin
36. Brodie
37. Brogan
38. Brosnahan
39. Broun
40. Brown
41. Bruin
42. Buckley
43. Burke
44. Byrne
45. Caddell
46. Cady
47. Caffrey
48. Cahill
49. Calhoun
50. Callaghan
51. Callan
52. Campbell
53. Canning
54. Carew
55. Carlin
56. Carmody
57. Carney
58. Carron
59. Carson
60. Carton
61. Cary
62. Caskey
63. Cass
64. Cassidy
65. Cavanagh
66. Cawley
67. Claffey
68. Clanchy
69. Clancy
70. Cleary
71. Cleland
72. Cloherty
73. Clohessy
74. Closky
75. Clune
76. Clyne
77. Cochrane
78. Coffey
79. Coglan
80. Cogley
81. Colgan
82. Collins
83. Colvin
84. Conan
85. Condon
86. Conlin
87. Conn
88. Connelly
89. Conner
90. Connor
91. Connors
92. Conroy
93. Conway
94. Coonan
95. Corcoran
96. Corey
97. Corkin
98. Corrigan
99. Corry
100. Costigan
101. Cotter
102. Coughlin
103. Coulter
104. Counihan
105. Cowgan
106. Coyle
107. Crawley
108. Creagh
109. Crean
110. Creedan
111. Creegan
112. Crilley
113. Crimmins
114. Cronin
115. Crosbie
116. Crosby
117. Crowley
118. Crummer
119. Cuddy
120. Culhane
121. Culhoun
122. Cullinane
123. Cunningham
124. Curley
125. Curnane
126. Currie
127. Curtayne
128. Curtis
129. Cusack
130. D’Arcy
131. Dacey
132. Daley
133. Darcy
134. Daunt
135. Davoran
136. Dawley
137. De Barra
138. Deghy
139. Delahunty
140. Delane
141. Delany
142. Dennehy
143. Denny
144. Derrick
145. Desmond
146. Devany
147. Devery
148. Devin
149. Devine
150. Diarmid
151. Dignan
152. Dixon
153. Doble
154. Doherty
155. Dolan
156. Donachie
157. Donaghy
158. Donnelly
159. Donoghue
160. Donohue
161. Doody
162. Doohan
163. Doolan
164. Dooley
165. Doon
166. Dorrian
167. Doud
168. Doughan
169. Dougharty
170. Dowden
171. Dowdy
172. Dowey
173. Downes
174. Doyle
175. Drew
176. Duane
177. Duff
178. Duffey
179. Duggan
180. Duignan
181. Dwyer
182. Dyal
183. Egan
184. Ellig
185. Fagan
186. Fahey
187. Fane
188. Farley
189. Farnan
190. Farrell
191. Faucett
192. Fay
193. Fealy
194. Fearon
195. Feeney
196. Fegan
197. Fennessy
198. Fenney
199. Ferrick
200. Ferris
201. Ferry
202. Finneran
203. Finsley
204. Fitzgerald
205. Fitzgibbon
206. Fitzpatrick
207. Fitzsimmons
208. Flaherty
209. Flannagan
210. Flannigan
211. Flinn
212. Flood
213. Flynn
214. Foley
215. Folgan
216. Forbes
217. Ford
218. Foy
219. Foynes
220. Frawley
221. Freethy
222. Furey
223. Fynan
224. Gaff
225. Gaffey
226. Galbraith
227. Gallagher
228. Gallivan
229. Galvin
230. Gannon
231. Gant
232. Garraghty
233. Garrahan
234. Garrity
235. Garry
236. Garvey
237. Gaughan
238. Gavigan
239. Gaynor
240. Geary
241. Geelan
242. Geoghan
243. Geraghty
244. Gettins
245. Gibney
246. Gilfoyle
247. Gill
248. Gillan
249. Gilligan
250. Gilmore
251. Gilroy
252. Glanchy
253. Gleason
254. Glennon
255. Glinn
256. Gogarty
257. Golden
258. Goodwin
259. Gorey
260. Gorham
261. Goslin
262. Grady
263. Graham
264. Granahan
265. Grayden
266. Greeley
267. Greer
268. Gregan
269. Gregg
270. Gribbin
271. Griffin
272. Grimley
273. Grogan
274. Guiness
275. Guiney
276. Gunning
277. Guthrie
278. Hadden
279. Hafner
280. Hagan
281. Hagerty
282. Haley
283. Haliday
284. Halley
285. Halligan
286. Halpin
287. Hamill
288. Hamran
289. Handley
290. Hanifin
291. Hanlin
292. Hanlon
293. Hanly
294. Hannity
295. Hannon
296. Hanratty
297. Hare
298. Hart
299. Hartigan
300. Harvey
301. Haugh
302. Hay
303. Hayes
304. Healey
305. Heaney
306. Hearne
307. Hefferman
308. Heffernan
309. Hegarty
310. Hellowell
311. Henchy
312. Heneghan
313. Henn
314. Hennley
315. Hensey
316. Heraghty
317. Herlihy
318. Herne
319. Hickey
320. Higgin
321. Higgins
322. Hoban
323. Hoey
324. Hogg
325. Holland
326. Holohan
327. Horan
328. Horgan
329. Houlihan
330. Hourigan
331. Hoy
332. Hughes
333. Hurst
334. Hyland
335. Ivers
336. Ivors
337. Jennings
338. Jorden
339. Joyce
340. Kane
341. Kavanagh
342. Kean
343. Keaney
344. Kearins
345. Kearney
346. Keary
347. Keaty
348. Keefe
349. Keegan
350. Keeley
351. Keenan
352. Kehoe
353. Keightley
354. Kellahan
355. Kellegher
356. Kelleher
357. Kellett
358. Kelly
359. Kenn
360. Kenna
361. Kenneally
362. Kennedy
363. Kennelly
364. Kenney
365. Kennyon
366. Keogh
367. Kermody
368. Kernaghan
369. Kerr
370. Kerrigan
371. Kerwin
372. Keveny
373. Kevigan
374. Keyes
375. Kiernan
376. Kilbridge
377. Kilcullen
378. Kilduff
379. Kilkelly
380. Kilkenny
381. Killin
382. Killpatrick
383. Kilpatrick
384. Kilrea
385. Kindellan
386. King
387. Kinney
388. Kirley
389. Kirwan
390. Knowlan
391. Lacey
392. Lacy
393. Lafferty
394. Laffey
395. Lamb
396. Lanaghan
397. Lanahan
398. Lane
399. Lannigan
400. Largan
401. Larkin
402. Laverty
403. Lawder
404. Leach
405. Leachán
406. Leavy
407. Lee
408. Lehane
409. Lennon
410. Linehan
411. Linnegan
412. Logan
413. Logue
414. Longhan
415. Lord
416. Lorden
417. Louden
418. Loughrin
419. Lowry
420. Lundie
421. Lydon
422. Lynch
423. Lynsky
424. Lyons
425. MacAlevy
426. MacAllen
427. MacAndrews
428. Macaninch
429. Macannally
430. MacAsey
431. MacAuliffe
432. MacAvee
433. MacAvoy
434. MacAwley
435. MacBride
436. MacBurney
437. MacCafferty
438. MacCaffery
439. MacCall
440. MacCallin
441. MacCamore
442. MacCann
443. MacCarhon
444. MacCarrick
445. MacCarron
446. MacCartney
447. MacCarvill
448. MacCauley
449. MacCaw
450. MacClancy
451. MacClay
452. MacCleary
453. MacClery
454. MacClintock
455. MacClory
456. MacCloskey
457. MacClughan
458. MacCluskey
459. MacColgan
460. MacConaughey
461. MacConnal
462. MacConnell
463. MacCormack
464. MacCormick
465. MacCourt
466. MacCoy
467. MacCready
468. MacCromick
469. MacCrory
470. MacCuill
471. MacCulloch
472. MacCune
473. MacCurtin
474. MacDaid
475. MacDevitt
476. MacDonald
477. MacDonnell
478. MacDowell
479. MacElderry
480. MacElhinney
481. MacEllistrim
482. MacElroy
483. MacEnroe
484. MacEntee
485. MacEvilly
486. MacFadden
487. MacFarland
488. MacFrederick
489. MacGaghran
490. MacGahey
491. MacGarrigle
492. MacGarry
493. MacGauley
494. MacGavisk
495. MacGee
496. MacGennis
497. MacGeogh
498. MacGill
499. MacGillmartin
500. MacGinley
501. MacGinn
502. MacGinty
503. MacGivney
504. MacGlashan
505. MacGlynn
506. MacGoldrick
507. MacGorman
508. MacGough
509. MacGovern
510. MacGowan
511. MacGrane
512. MacGrath
513. MacGraw
514. MacGreevy
515. MacGuigan
516. MacGuire
517. MacGuirk
518. MacGunn
519. MacIlroy
520. MacIltavish
521. MacIlveen
522. MacIlvenna
523. MacInnis
524. MacIntire
525. MacIntyre
526. MacIvors
527. MacKane
528. MacKean
529. MacKechnie
530. Mackee
531. MacKelvey
532. Macken
533. MacKeon
534. Mackeown
535. MacKinley
536. MacKinney
537. MacKinnon
538. MacLain
539. MacLarty
540. MacLean
541. MacLoughlin
542. MacMahon
543. MacMathan
544. MacMullen
545. MacMurray
546. MacMurrough
547. MacNamara
548. MacNaughton
549. MacNeice
550. MacNeil
551. MacNerney
552. MacNevin
553. MacNulty
554. MacParlan
555. MacPike
556. MacQuaid
557. MacQuilkin
558. MacQuillan
559. MacRaith
560. MacRanald
561. MacRickard
562. MacRory
563. MacSorley
564. MacSweeney
565. MacTavish
566. MacTeig
567. MacUlhaney
568. MacVerry
569. MacWade
570. MacWilliams
571. Magauran
572. Magee
573. Magill
574. Maginn
575. Magnan
576. Magoran
577. Magraith
578. Magraw
579. Mahaffy
580. Maher
581. Mahon
582. Mahony
583. Mainey
584. Mallaghan
585. Malloy
586. Malone
587. Maloy
588. Manley
589. Mannion
590. Mannix
591. Marr
592. Marren
593. Martin
594. Massey
595. Mawhinney
596. Mayo
597. McCarthy
598. Meachar
599. Meade
600. Meara
601. Meath
602. Meehan
603. Meenan
604. Menagh
605. Merriman
606. Miley
607. Milligan
608. Millikin
609. Minogue
610. Minto
611. Molohan
612. Molone
613. Molony
614. Monaghan
615. Monk
616. Moody
617. Mooney
618. Moore
619. Moran
620. Morell
621. Moriarty
622. Morley
623. Morrissey
624. Morrow
625. Moyle
626. Moyles
627. Mulally
628. Mulcahy
629. Mulconry
630. Muldown
631. Mulhearn
632. Mulholland
633. Mullally
634. Mullan
635. Mullarkey
636. Mullen
637. Mulligan
638. Mullin
639. Mulloy
640. Mulratty
641. Mulrooney
642. Mulryan
643. Mulvey
644. Murphy
645. Murray
646. Murrin
647. Nagle
648. Nash
649. Neal
650. Neary
651. Neill
652. Nelligan
653. Nevin
654. Nolan
655. Noonan
656. Norris
657. Nowlan
658. Nugent
659. O’Bannen
660. O’Boyle
661. O’Brien
662. O’Byrne
663. O’Carolan
664. O’Carroll
665. O’Clery
666. O’Connell
667. O’Connor
668. O’Conor
669. O’Conway
670. O’Corcoran
671. O’Coughlan
672. O’Dea
673. O’Doherty
674. O’Donnell
675. O’Donoghue
676. O’Driscoll
677. O’Duffy
678. O’Dwyer
679. O’Faherty
680. O’Feely
681. O’Ferrall
682. O’Finan
683. O’Flanagan
684. O’Flynn
685. O’Gara
686. O’Gorman
687. O’Grady
688. O’Halloran
689. O’Hanrahan
690. O’Hara
691. O’Hardy
692. O’Hayer
693. O’Healihy
694. O’Hearn
695. O’Hegarty
696. O’Hogan
697. O’Kane
698. O’Keane
699. O’Kelly
700. O’Kerry
701. O’Laverty
702. O’Leary
703. O’Loughlin
704. O’Malley
705. O’Mara
706. O’More
707. O’Mulconry
708. O’Neal
709. O’Neill
710. O’Rafferty
711. O’Reilly
712. O’Roark
713. O’Shaughnessy
714. O’Shea
715. O’Sullivan
716. Orman
717. Orr
718. Padden
719. Palmer
720. Pender
721. Pendergast
722. Phelan
723. Pierce
724. Plunkett
725. Power
726. Quaid
727. Qualey
728. Quealey
729. Quillan
730. Quinlan
731. Quinlevan
732. Quinn
733. Rabbitt
734. Radden
735. Rait
736. Ranahan
737. Reagan
738. Reardon
739. Reavey
740. Redmond
741. Regan
742. Reilly
743. Rice
744. Riley
745. Roark
746. Robey
747. Robinson
748. Roche
749. Ronayne
750. Rooke
751. Rooney
752. Rourke
753. Rowley
754. Ryan
755. Sandys
756. Scanlan
757. Scott
758. Semple
759. Sewell
760. Shade
761. Sharkey
762. Shaughnessy
763. Shea
764. Shee
765. Sheehy
766. Shelley
767. Sheridan
768. Shiels
769. Skelly
770. Slattery
771. Sloane
772. Smith
773. Somers
774. Sommerville
775. Speirs
776. Spellman
777. Strahan
778. Stuart
779. Sullivan
780. Sweeney
781. Tallon
782. Tansey
783. Teague
784. Tegan
785. Tiernan
786. Tierney
787. Tilley
788. Tobin
789. Tollis
790. Toohey
791. Toomey
792. Tormey
793. Tracy
794. Travers
795. Traynor
796. Troy
797. Tunney
798. Tweedy
799. Tynan
800. Vail
801. Wall
802. Walsh
803. Whelan
804. White
805. Wooley
806. Yeats


Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
528  65%  433  53%  230  28%  299  37%    122  15%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
61  7%      271  33%   132  16%   68  8%        194  24%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
195  24%   3  <1%     102  12%    311  38%    254  31%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
537  66%   19  2%       10  1%      333  41%     92  11%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
105  13%   47  5%      49   6%       2   <1%        289  35%

Z       %
4  <1%


Popularity of use
66% N:
65% A, N:
53% E, A, N:
41% R, E, A, N:
38% L, R, E, A, N: Neal, Lee, Lane,
37% O, L, R, E, A, N: O’Neal, Orr, Nolan, Noonan, Lennon,
35% Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Ronayne, Rooney, Ryan, O’Leary, Neary,
33% C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: O’Connor, O’Conor, O’Corcoran, O’Carolan, O’Carroll, O’Clery, O’Connell, Lacey, Lacy, Coyle, Crean, Cronin, Callan, Carney, Carron, Cary, Clancy, Cleary, Clyne, Conan, Conn, Connelly, Conner, Connor, Conroy, Coonan, Corcoran, Corey, Corry,
31% M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: O’Malley, O’Mara, O’More, Orman, Meenan, Molone, Molony, Mooney, Moore, Moran, Morell, Morley, Moyle, MacLean, MacNamara, MacNerney, MacRory, Malloy, Malone, Maloy, Manley, Marr, Marren, Mayo, Meara, MacAllen, Macannally, MacCall, MacCamore, MacCann, MacCarron, MacClancy, MacClay, MacCleary, MacClery, MacClory, MacConnal, MacConnell, MacCoy, MacCrory, MacElroy, MacEnroe,
28% I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Reilly, Rice, Riley, O’Neill, O’Reilly, Neill, Morrissey, MacNeice, MacNeil, Merriman, Miley, Millikin, Minto, MacIlroy, MacInnis, MacLain, Mainey, Mannion, MacCallin, Crilley, Carlin, Conlin,
24% H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Ranahan, Reagan, Regan, Roche, O’Hanrahan, O’Hara, O’Hayer, O’Hearn, O’Hogan, O’Halloran, O’Healihy, Molohan, Monaghan, Meehan, Menagh, Nagle, Nelligan, Milligan, Minogue, O’Gara, O’Gorman, O’Grady, Nash, MacGinn, Magill, Maginn, MacGlynn, MacGorman, MacGrane, Magee, Magnan, Magoran, Mallaghan, Meachar, Maher, Mahon, Mahony, MacMahon, MacElhinney, Linehan, Linnegan, Logan, Longhan, Lynch, MacGaghran, MacGahey, MacGarrigle , MacGarry , MacGee, MacGeogh, MacGill, MacGinley, Macaninch, Leach, Leachán, Lehane, MacCarhon, MacColgan, Hay, Healey, Heaney, Hearne, Henchy, Heneghan, Henn, Hennley, Herlihy, Herne, Higgin, Hoey, Hogg, Holohan, Horan, Horgan, Hoy, Lanaghan, Lanahan, Lannigan, Largan, Gallagher, Gannon, Garrahan, Garry, Gaynor, Geary, Geelan, Geoghan, Gill, Gillan, Gilligan, Gilmore, Gilroy, Glanchy, Gleason, Glennon, Glinn, Gorey, Gorham, Graham, Granahan, Greeley, Greer, Gregan, Gregg, Grimley, Grogan, Hagan, Haley, Haliday, Halley, Halligan, Hamill, Hamran, Hanlin, Hanlon, Hanly, Hannon, Hare, Cochrane, Coglan, Cogley, Colgan, Corrigan, Ahearne, Aheron, Cahill, Callaghan, Clanchy, Canning,
16% D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Reardon, Redmond, Radden, O’Dea, Egan, Ellig, Creegan, Creagh O’Donnell, Moody, MacRanald, Meade, MacCready, Lord, Lorden, MacDaid, MacDonald, MacDonnell, MacElderry, Lydon, Holland, Hyland, Hadden, Handley, Grayden, Grady, Golden, Creedan, D’Arcy, Dacey, Daley, Darcy, Deghy, Delane, Delany, Dennehy, Denny , Diarmid, Dignan, Doherty, Dolan, Donachie, Donaghy, Donnelly, Doody, Doohan, Doolan, Dooley, Doon, Dorrian, Doyle , Dyal, Cleland, Condon, Carmody, Aird, Caddell, Cady, Adair,
15% U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: O’Loughlin, O’Mulconry, O’Coughlan, O’Donoghue, Mulally, Mulcahy, Mulconry, Mulhearn, Mulholland, Mullally, Mullan, Mullen, Mulligan, Mullin, Mulloy, Mulrooney, Mulryan, Murray, Murrin,MacMullen, MacMurray, MacMurrough, MacUlhaney, Magauran, MacGuigan, MacGuire, MacGunn, MacLoughlin, MacGough, MacCuill, MacCulloch, MacCune, MacGauley, MacClughan, MacConaughey, Logue, Louden, Loughrin, Lundie, MacCauley, Houlihan, Hourigan, Haugh, Guiney, Gunning, Gaughan, Duane, Duggan, Duignan, Doud, Doughan, Donoghue, Donohue, Coughlin, Counihan, Crummer, Cuddy, Culhane, Culhoun, Cullinane, Cunningham, Curley, Curnane, Currie, Calhoun, Clune,
13% T, U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Tallon, Teaguem, Tegan, Tiernan, Tierney, Tilley, Toohey, Toomey, Tormey, Tracy, Traynor, Troy, Tunney, Tynan, Rait, O’Doherty, O’Hegarty, Nugent, Moriarty, Mulratty, Meath, Martin, McCarthy, Magraith, MacNaughton, MacRaith, MacNulty, MacTeig, MacIntire, MacIntyre, MacLarty, MacMathan, MacGinty, MacGrath, MacEntee, MacGillmartin, MacCourt, MacCurtin, MacCartney, Hegarty, Heraghty, Hart, Hartigan, Hanratty, Hagerty, Hannity, Guthrie, Garrity, Geraghty, Gogarty, Gant, Garraghty, Delahunty, Dougharty, Daunt, Curtayne, Cotter, Coulter, Carton, Cloherty,
12% K, T, U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Rooke, Rourke, Roark, O’Roark, O’Kane, O’Keane, O’Kelly, O’Kerry, Monk, Mullarkey, MacKane, MacKean, MacKechnie, Mackee , Macken, MacKeon, MacKinley, MacKinney, MacKinnon, MacRickard, MacGoldrick, MacGuirk, MacCormack, MacCormick, MacCromick, Larkin, MacCarrick, Hickey, Kane, Kean, Keaney, Kearney, Keary, Keaty, Keegan, Keeley, Keenan, Kehoe, Keightley, Kellahan, Kellegher, Kelleher, Kellett, Kelly, Kenn, Kenna, Kenneally, Kennedy, Kennelly, Kenney, Kennyon, Keogh, Kermody, Kernaghan, Kerr, Kerrigan, Kiernan, Kilcullen, Kilkelly, Kilkenny, Killin, Kilrea, Kindellan, King, Kinney, Kirley, MacClintock, Derrick, Corkin,
11% S, K, T, U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Sandys, Scanlan, Scott, Shade, Sharkey, Shaughnessy, Shea, Shee, Sheehy, Shelley , Sheridan, Shiels, Skelly, Slattery, Sloane, Smith, Somers, Strahan, Stuart, Tansey, Tollis, Yeats, O’Shaughnessy, O’Shea, Norris, O’Driscoll, Moyles, MacSorley, Massey, MacGlashan, MacEllistrim, MacGennis, MacCloskey, MacCluskey, Lynsky, Lyons, MacAsey, Kearins, Keyes, Hughes, Hurst, Hensey, Higgins, Hayes, Goslin, Guiness, Gettins, Curtis, Cusack, Desmond, Crimmins, Connors, Costigan, Clohessy, Closky, Collins, Caskey, Cass, Cassidy, Carson,
8% F, S, K, T, U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: O’Rafferty, O’Duffy, O’Faherty, O’Feely, O’Ferrall, O’Finan, O’Flanagan, O’Flynn, Mahaffy, MacFadden, MacFarland, MacFrederick, MacAuliffe , MacCafferty, MacCaffery, Keefe, Lafferty, Laffey, Kilduff, Hefferman, Heffernan, Hafner, Hanifin, Ferry, Finneran, Finsley, Flaherty, Flannagan, Flannigan, Flinn, Flood, Flynn, Foley, Folgan, Ford, Foy, Foynes, Freethy, Furey, Fynan, Gaff, Gaffey, Griffin, Gilfoyle, Fagan, Fahey, Fane, Farley, Farnan, Farrell, Faucett, Fay, Fealy, Fearon, Feeney, Fegan, Fennessy, Fenney, Ferrick, Ferris, Duff, Duffey, Caffrey, Claffey, Coffey,
7% B, F, S, K, T, U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Robey, Robinson, Tobin, Rabbitt, O’Bannen, O’Boyle, O’Brien, O’Byrne, MacBride, MacBurney, Kilbridge, Lamb, Hoban, Gibney, Gribbin, Forbes, Galbraith, De Barra, Doble, Crosbie, Crosby, Bain, Bannon, Barrett, Barry, Beahan, Beatty, Bell, Bergan, Bergin, Berry, Binchy, Bird, Blaine, Blighe, Bohan, Boland, Bolger, Boran, Borin, Boughy, Boyce, Boylan, Bradley , Brady, Brahan, Brannigan , Breen, Brennan, Brian, Brin, Brodie, Brogan, Brosnahan, Broun, Bruin, Buckley, Burke, Byrne, Campbell,
6% W, B, F, S, K, T, U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Wall, Walsh, Whelan, White, Wooley, Tweedy, Sewell, Sweeney, Rowley, O’Conway, O’Dwyer, Nowlan, Morrow, Muldown, Magraw, Mawhinney, MacSweeney, MacWade, MacWilliams, MacGraw, Mackeown, MacGowan, MacCaw, MacDowell, Lowry, MacAndrews, MacAwley, Lawder, Kerwin, Kirwan, Knowlan, Hellowell, Frawley, Goodwin, Drew, Dwyer, Dowden, Dowdy, Dowey, Downes, Crowley, Dawley, Crawley, Cowgan, Brawney, Brown, Carew, Cawley, Conway,
5% V, W, B, F, S, K, T, U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Travers, Vail, Sommerville, Sullivan, O’Sullivan, Reavey, O’Laverty, Mulvey, Nevin, MacTavish, MacVerry, MacNevin, MacIvors, MacKelvey, MacIltavish, MacIlveen, MacIlvenna, MacGovern, MacGreevy, MacGivney, MacEvilly, MacGavisk, MacDevitt, MacAvee, MacAvoy, MacCarvill, MacAlevy, Laverty, Leavy, Keveny, Kevigan, Ivers, Ivors, Kavanagh, Gavigan, Harvey, Garvey, Gallivan, Galvin, Davoran, Devany, Devery, Devin, Devine, Cavanagh, Colvin,
2% P, V, W, B, F, S, K, T, U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Semple, Speirs, Spellman, Padden, Palmer, Pender, Pendergast , Phelan, Pierce, Plunkett, Power, Murphy, MacParlan , MacPike, Killpatrick, Kilpatrick, Halpin, Campbell,
1% Q, P, V, W, B, F, S, K, T, U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Quaid, Qualey, Quealey, Quillan, Quinlan, Quinlevan, Quinn, MacQuaid, MacQuilkin, MacQuillan,
<1% J, X, Z, Q, P, V, W, B, F, S, K, T, U, D, H, G, I, M, C, Y, O, L, R, E, A, N: Mannix, Dixon, Jorden, Jennings, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Fitzgibbon, Fitzpatrick, Fitzsimmons,


Conclusion: Originating in the N linguistic group, modern Irish families begin at 38% with families Neal, Lee, and Lane. Eventually the irish rise to a cultural peak at 28% before declining through to <1%.