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O%27meara Name Meaning

Irish: variant of O’Mara.

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


Similar surnames: Meara, O'mara, O'bear, O'mary, O'lear, O'barr, O'neall, O'harra

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You can see how O%27meara families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O%27meara family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most O%27meara families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 60 O%27meara families living in New York. This was about 14% of all the recorded O%27meara's in USA. New York had the highest population of O%27meara families in 1880.
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Between 1994 and 2003, in the United States, O%27meara life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1996, and highest in 1995. The average life expectancy for O%27meara in 1994 was 48, and 68 in 2003.

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