The following table shows the incidence, and areas of highest concentration, of the most frequent family names (from a total of 379 unique surnames; and 1876 individual householders) listed in the 1828 Tithe Applotment Books for Creggan Parish. The 31 family names (8.2% of the total names) account for 784 (41.8%) of the total families. The figures, while indicative, are not accurate for several reasons.
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No. of families | No of townlands | Townlands with highest | |
Family Name | in Parish | with this family | number of families |
Murphy | 73 | 16 | Tullydonnell O'Callaghan (14), Tullydonnell Gage (13) |
McShane | 66 | 22 | Sheetrim (12) |
Mackin | 46 | 11 | Tullynavall (18) |
Hughes | 44 | 15 | Cullyhanna Big (12) |
Kelly | 44 | 19 | Dorsey (6) |
Hearty | 34 | 9 | Cregganbane (12) |
Duffy | 28 | 11 | Teer (14) |
Loy | 27 | 9 | Ummericam Ball (7) |
Quin | 26 | 3 | Cullyhanna Big (18) |
Callaghan | 23 | 11 | Lurgancullenboy (5), Lisamry (5) |
McCave | 23 | 4 | Mobane (18) |
McMahon | 22 | 8 | Clonalig (6), Drumlougher (6) |
McArdle | 21 | 12 | Crossmaglen (7) |
McCabe | 21 | 11 | Tullyard (7) |
McKeone | 21 | 10 | Lisamry (4) |
Morris | 21 | 7 | Creevekeeran (12) |
Lamb | 20 | 5 | Mounthill (8), Drumbally (7) |
Burns | 19 | 8 | Annaghgad (8) |
Woods | 18 | 8 | Tullyard (5) |
McCreesh | 18 | 6 | Drumlogher (8) |
Woods | 18 | 8 | Tullyard (5) |
Conlon | 17 | 9 | Annaghmare (5) |
McAnulty | 17 | 9 | Drumlogher (5), Creevekeeran (4) |
Lannen | 16 | 6 | Rathkeelan (5) |
Caragher | 15 | 8 | Cullyhanna Big (6) |
Hale | 15 | 4 | Sheiland (6) |
McConville | 15 | 6 | Teer (6) |
Donaldson | 14 | 5 | Cloghoge (9) |
Harvesy | 14 | 4 | Clonalig (8) |
Johnston | 14 | 7 | Tullydonnell Gage (5) |
McDonnell | 14 | 9 | Mounthill (3) |
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