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 most frequently in Australia. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cavanough? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cavanough is the 563,577th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,967,164 people. The surname Cavanough occurs mostly 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 widely held in Australia, where it is held by 532 people, or 1 in 50,744. In Australia Cavanough is most numerous in: Queensland, where 63 percent reside, New South Wales, where 25 percent reside and Western Australia, where 5 percent reside. Beside Australia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Cavanough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Cavanough has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 79 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Cavanough Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cavanough surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political 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.

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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
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  • 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
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