EVER WONDERED JUST how many of you there are?
We’ve taken 12 of Ireland’s most common surnames to see just how spread out they are around the world, using the website forebears.io, which will search for incidences of just about any surname you can think of.
So, calling all McCarthys, Doyles, Byrnes…
Murphy - 607,735 worldwide
Kelly - 632,783 worldwide
Walsh - 276,032 worldwide
O’Neill - 110,141 worldwide
O’Connor - 126,793 worldwide
O’Sullivan - 61,130 worldwide
Doyle - 190,977 worldwide
McCarthy – 200,825 worldwide
Ryan – 343,059 worldwide
Byrne – 147,715 worldwide
O’Brien – 165,081 worldwide
O’Reilly - 50,511 worldwide
All images via Forbears.io. Check your own surname here
