M'Carthy Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
M'Carthy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
M'Carthy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name M'Carthy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname M'Carthy has its highest incidence in Ghana. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Carthy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 113 percent of M'Carthy reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Ghana, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Excluding Ghana M'Carthy is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 38 percent are found and Guinea, where 25 percent are found.
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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 M'Carthy
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