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O'grady Family History

O'grady Surname Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gráda ‘descendant of Gráda’ (see Grady).

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


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You can see how O'grady families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'grady family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most O'grady families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there was 1 O'grady family living in Devon. This was 100% of all the recorded O'grady's in United Kingdom. Devon had the highest population of O'grady families in 1891.
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Between 1994 and 2004, in the United States, O'grady life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1999, and highest in 2003. The average life expectancy for O'grady in 1994 was 60, and 57 in 2004.

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