Mackays Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Mackays Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mackays Demographics
Average Mackays Salary in
South Africa
R 373,716
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mackays Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mackays Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mackays is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mackays? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Mackays reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mackays is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 88 percent are found, Gauteng, where 6 percent are found and Western Cape, where 6 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent are found and Denmark, where 5 percent are found.
Mackays Last Name Statistics demography
Mackays earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.26% more than the national average, earning R 373,716 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 Mackays
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