The Kelleher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,714 people carried this name — #3,663 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,535 in 2000.

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In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 148 births for the Kelleher name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 6,600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 56 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “92 in Cork and 23 in Kerry.”

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born, 1890

Munster 124
Connacht 17
Ulster 5
Leinster 2

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Kelleher in American newspapers,
1865–1902.

Newspaper page from Gold Hill Daily News carrying the name Kelleher
Gold Hill Daily News 1865-04-05
Newspaper page from Tombstone Epitaph carrying the name Kelleher
Tombstone Epitaph 1890-06-21
Newspaper page from The Scranton Tribune carrying the name Kelleher
The Scranton Tribune 1902-09-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,016 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kelleher in Australian newspapers,
1840s–2000s.

12,769 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kelleher. The most, 2,039, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 4,185
New South Wales 3,486
Queensland 3,312
Western Australia 716
Tasmania 442
South Australia 410
ACT (Canberra) 200
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kelleher.

Who carried it

People named Kelleher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Daniel J. Kelleher
    Daniel J. Kelleher 1864–1929 · lawyer
  • John Kelleher
    John Kelleher 1893–1960 · baseball player
  • Ed Kelleher
    Ed Kelleher 1894–1945 · head coach
  • Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher
    Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher 1918–1980 · tennis player
  • Robert Kelleher
    Robert Kelleher 1923–2011 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Robert Kelleher: Patia Stephens from San Francisco Bay Area, CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 99 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kelleher,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,721 records

2,721 records of the Kelleher name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 920
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 651
  • Other U.S. records 1,150
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Noel M. Kelleher

    Born 1910 in California. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco; policeman from San Francisco County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Julia Kelleher

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 19; servant. From Cahereiveen, Ireland; bound for Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John D. Kelleher

    Born 1931; from Worcester County, Massachusetts. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 2,721 records for Kelleher in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia579 records

579 records of the Kelleher name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 179
  • Tasmanian Names Index 140
  • Other Australian records 260
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ada Florence Kelleher

    Born 1879 in Hamilton, Tasmania. Married 1898 in Hamilton, Tasmania, aged 18.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Patk Kelleher

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Donald Mackay, aged 25; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Daniel Kelleher

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Clyde, arriving 1838; ticket of leave 1843.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 579 records for Kelleher in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

Canada19 records

19 records of the Kelleher name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 10
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • Other Canadian records 5
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth Kelleher

    Buried in 1974 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 64.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ellen Kelleher

    Died 1970 in Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, aged 68.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Jack Edward Kelleher

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 19 records for Kelleher in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

New Zealand9 records

9 records of the Kelleher name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 7
  • Marlborough District cemetery records 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Kelleher

    Died 1933, aged 78; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Nora Kelleher

    Died 1923, aged 57; buried at Omaka Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Patrick Joseph Kelleher

    Died 1956, aged 58; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Kelleher in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Kelleher name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. Kelleher

    Royal Munster Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Kelleher

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Kelleher

    King's Royal Rifle Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Kelleher in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Ireland4 records

4 records of the Kelleher name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Kelleher

    Died 1993, aged 68; buried at Rakerin, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Lily Kelleher

    Died 1984; buried at Ballygar, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Michael Kelleher

    Died 1994; buried at Rakerin, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Kelleher in Ireland.

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Kelleher name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Daniel Barnabus Kelleher

    Born 1938 in Ireland; died 1994 in Château-Gontier (Mayenne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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