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Sullivan Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of O’Sullivan, an Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Súileabháin ‘descendant of
Súileabhán’, a personal name composed of the elements
súil ‘eye’ + dubh ‘black’, ‘dark’ + the diminutive
suffix -án.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Sullivan Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sullivan families
 3,690 - 7,377  1,231 - 3,689 |
 1 - 1,230  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sullivan families
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2,478 - 4,954 827 - 2,477 |
1 - 826 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sullivan families
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124 - 245 42 - 123 |
1 - 41 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Sullivan Family Origin
Sullivan Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Sullivan
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Sullivan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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