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Mollaghan Family History

Mollaghan Surname Meaning

from Ó Maolacháin ‘descendant of Maolachán’. There has been some confusion with Milligan.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Mollaghan families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Mollaghan family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most Mollaghan families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there was 1 Mollaghan family living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded Mollaghan's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of Mollaghan families in 1891.
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Between 1971 and 1998, in the United States, Mollaghan life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1993, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Mollaghan in 1971 was 78, and 95 in 1998.

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