MacIain Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
MacIain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
MacIain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name MacIain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name MacIain is found in Scotland more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name MacIain? popularity and diffusion
The surname MacIain is the 5,812,366th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname MacIain occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of MacIain are found; 73 percent are found in Northern Europe and 73 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name is most frequent in Scotland, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 892,303. In Scotland MacIain is primarily found in: Outer Hebrides, where 100 percent are found. Besides Scotland this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and England, where 18 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
- 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 MacIain
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