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O'gara Family History

O'gara Surname Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gadhra ‘descendant of Gadhra’, a personal name derived from gadhar ‘hound’, ‘mastiff’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


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You can see how O'gara families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'gara family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1871 and 1920. The most O'gara families were found in USA in 1880. In 1871 there was 1 O'gara family living in Renfrewshire. This was 100% of all the recorded O'gara's in Scotland. Renfrewshire had the highest population of O'gara families in 1871.
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Between 1993 and 2003, in the United States, O'gara life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1997, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for O'gara in 1993 was 77, and 57 in 2003.

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