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O'reilly Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Raghailligh ‘descendant of Raghailleach’, Old Irish Roghallach, a personal name of unexplained etymology. This is the name of a chieftain family in County Cavan, related to the O’Rourkes.

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


Similar surnames: Reilly, O'neill, O'kelly, O'kelley, Crilly, O'berry, Reidy, O'regan

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You can see how O'reilly families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'reilly family name was found in the USA, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most O'reilly families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 5 O'reilly families living in Quebec. This was about 63% of all the recorded O'reilly's in Canada. Quebec had the highest population of O'reilly families in 1911.
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Between 1992 and 2004, in the United States, O'reilly life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1997, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for O'reilly in 1992 was 60, and 51 in 2004.

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