MacKentosh Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

MacKentosh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

MacKentosh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

MacKentosh (18) may also be a first name.

MacKentosh Last Name Facts

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

The surname MacKentosh is found most in Russia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of MacKentosh.

How Common Is The Last Name MacKentosh? popularity and diffusion

The last name MacKentosh is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname MacKentosh occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of MacKentosh live; 57 percent live in North Asia and 57 percent live in Slavic North Asia. MacKentosh is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name globally It is held by 18 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Russia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 28,824,611. In Russia MacKentosh is primarily found in: Omsk Oblast, where 60 percent reside, Moscow, where 20 percent reside and Novosibirsk Oblast, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Russia MacKentosh exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.

MacKentosh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of MacKentosh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the MacKentosh surname fell 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 MacKentosh
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