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O'loughlin Name Meaning

Irish (Ulster and County Clare): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lochlainn ‘descendant of Lochlann’ (see Laughlin).

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


Similar surnames: O'laughlin, Laughlin, Mclaughlin, Coughlin, Loughlin, Loughran, Lough

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You can see how O'loughlin families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'loughlin family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most O'loughlin families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 56 O'loughlin families living in New York. This was about 29% of all the recorded O'loughlin's in USA. New York had the highest population of O'loughlin families in 1880.
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Between 1996 and 2004, in the United States, O'loughlin life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2004, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for O'loughlin in 1996 was 89, and 43 in 2004.

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