MacShea Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
MacShea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:470,894 | 15,820 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
MacShea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name MacShea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name MacShea occurs most in Ireland. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name MacShea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of MacShea are found; 91 percent are found in Northern Europe and 91 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name is most frequently used in Ireland, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 470,894. In Ireland MacShea is mostly concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Barring Ireland this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live.
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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 MacShea
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