Cavanough Surname

563,577th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 562 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Cavanough Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cavanough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia5321:50,7446,309
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France21:33,211,361423,184
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1171:429,22031,367

Cavanough Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cavanough Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cavanough is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Cavanough click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cavanough? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cavanough is the 563,577th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 12,967,164 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Cavanough live; 95 percent live in Australasia and 95 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most frequently held in Australia, where it is carried by 532 people, or 1 in 50,744. In Australia Cavanough is primarily found in: Queensland, where 63 percent live, New South Wales, where 25 percent live and Western Australia, where 5 percent live. Other than Australia this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Cavanough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cavanough has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cavanough surname declined 79 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cavanough Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cavanough last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Cavanough earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.33% less than the national average, earning $30,493 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cavanough
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis