Callahan Family History
Callahan Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceallacháin
‘descendant of Ceallachán’, a diminutive of the personal
name Ceallach, possibly meaning ‘lover of churches’, from
ceall ‘church’, or (more likely) ‘bright-headed’, from
cen ‘head’ + lach ‘light’. This name was borne by a
10th-century king of Munster, from whom many present-day bearers of
the surname claim descent.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Callahan
Name Distribution of Callahan Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Callahan families
 40 - 77  14 - 39 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Callahan families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Callahan Family Origin
Callahan Emigration Information (US)
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Callahan Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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