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O%27gara Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Gadhra ‘descendant of Gadhra’, a personal name derived from gadhar ‘hound’, ‘mastiff’.

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


Similar surnames: O'mara, O'hara, O'hare, Gara, O'barr, O'mary, Garb, Zegar, Ogata

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You can see how O%27gara families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O%27gara family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1871 and 1920. The most O%27gara families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 51 O%27gara families living in Massachusetts. This was about 26% of all the recorded O%27gara's in USA. Massachusetts had the highest population of O%27gara families in 1880.
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Between 1993 and 2003, in the United States, O%27gara life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1997, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for O%27gara in 1993 was 77, and 57 in 2003.

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