MacCleay Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
MacCleay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
MacCleay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name MacCleay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname MacCleay occurs in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name MacCleay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of MacCleay reside; 75 percent reside in Australasia and 75 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 8,998,567. In Australia MacCleay is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 67 percent reside and Australian Capital Territory, where 33 percent reside. Other than Australia MacCleay occurs in one country. It is also found in Portugal, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacLeay | 93 | 809 | / |
| McCleay | 93 | 12 | / |
| McCleary | 88 | 10,895 | / |
| McClay | 86 | 3,517 | / |
| MacLea | 86 | 76 | / |
| McCley | 86 | 11 | / |
| McLeary | 80 | 1,847 | / |
| McClear | 80 | 237 | / |
| Maiclea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Macleah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Macleja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maclaoy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Macclae | 80 | 1 | / |
| McLay | 77 | 3,749 | / |
| McLey | 77 | 166 | / |
| McCalley | 75 | 932 | / |
| Mauclauy | 75 | 3 | / |
| McLear | 71 | 790 | / |
| McClue | 71 | 441 | / |
| Moclea | 71 | 103 | / |
| MacLae | 71 | 7 | / |
| McClai | 71 | 5 | / |
| McKley | 71 | 5 | / |
| Maclie | 71 | 1 | / |
| McCleo | 71 | 1 | / |
| MacLeasea | 71 | 1 | / |
| McKlay | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mayclayae | 71 | 0 | / |
| MacLies | 67 | 24 | / |
| Maclier | 67 | 24 | / |
| Maklaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Macloua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masclée | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacLowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacKlie | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 MacCleay
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