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Surname: Ryan

18,439 records found 1881-2017

Geographic Distribution

Locations where people with the surname Ryan died or resided (showing up to 5,000 records)

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Statistics

Places Where This Surname Is Most Commonly Found

Towns & Cities

Syracuse • 1,303
Troy • 1,168
Buffalo • 880
Rochester • 757
Albany • 677
Hempstead • 350
Yonkers • 320
Utica • 291
Auburn • 278
Binghamton • 276

Counties

Onondaga County • 1,717
Rensselaer County • 1,428
Erie County • 1,304
Albany County • 1,178
Westchester County • 1,085
Suffolk County • 1,071
Monroe County • 999
Nassau County • 987
Orange County • 516
Oneida County • 479

Oldest Recorded People With This Surname in New York

105 years old

Died in 1976 in Glenville, Schenectady County

Died in 1987 in Lancaster, Erie County

Died in 2002 in Oyster Bay, Nassau County

Died in 2007 in Yonkers, Westchester County

Died in 2014 in Oyster Bay, Nassau County

Most Common Given Names With This Surname

MARY 431JOHN 377JAMES 227MARGARET 224THOMAS 202JOSEPH 200WILLIAM 188ANNA 164HELEN 150BRIDGET 140ROBERT 137MICHAEL 132PATRICK 127ELLEN 120CATHERINE 98EDWARD 97ELIZABETH 95FRANCIS 95DANIEL 90CHARLES 89

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