Cavenaugh Surname

379,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 939 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Cavenaugh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cavenaugh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9301:389,74134,252
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9971:50,3705,721

Cavenaugh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cavenaugh is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cavenaugh? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cavenaugh is the 379,929th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,760,965 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Cavenaugh reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Cavenaugh is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 930 people, or 1 in 389,741. In The United States Cavenaugh is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 62 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Georgia, where 5 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Cavenaugh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cavenaugh has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cavenaugh last name fell 7 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cavenaugh Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Cavenaugh are 17.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.77% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cavenaugh earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 11.5% less than the national average, earning $38,187 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.12% more than the national average, earning $60,673 CAD 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
  • 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 Cavenaugh
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