Marcarthy Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Marcarthy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Marcarthy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Marcarthy Last Name Facts

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

Marcarthy occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marcarthy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Marcarthy live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 86 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.

Marcarthy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Marcarthy has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Marcarthy surname declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marcarty940/
Marcarti822/
Marcharti780/
Markarti7140/
Marzarti717/
Marzarte713/
Mercarte712/
Markarta712/
Marquarte6745/
Margiarti678/
Marquarti673/
Marquarta671/
Marchartaitė671/
Marckerte671/
Markartis671/
Marquardte631/
Morzarta591/
Morsorty590/
Marquerte561/
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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 Marcarthy
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