Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
GEOGHEGAN
There are approximately 2,353 people named Geoghegan in the UK. That makes it the 3,964th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 37 are named Geoghegan.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Ireland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
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The Geoghegan surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
GEOGHEGAN. The sept claim descent from Fiachra, one of the sons of Nial of the Nine Hostages, monarch of Ireland in the fifth century. Their territory ■\•as called Kinel-Fiacha, and extended over the tract now called the barony of Moycashel, with parts of those of Moyashell, Eathcourath, and Fertullagh, in Westmeath, within which they erected various castles, the chief being at Castle-town-Geoghegau near Kilbcggan, whose wide site is marked on the Ordnance Survey. D'Altou.