McAleer Surname
Approximately 5,088 people bear this surname
McAleer Surname Definition:
MACALEAR: A variant of Maccluhe, which see, current in Galloway. John Macalier signed the Band of Dumfries, 1570 (RPC., XIV, p. 66).
McAleer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,465 | 1:104,606 | 11,505 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,049 | 1:1,759 | 367 |
| England | 729 | 1:76,431 | 8,642 |
| Canada | 559 | 1:65,913 | 7,641 |
| Scotland | 474 | 1:11,295 | 1,529 |
| Australia | 297 | 1:90,895 | 10,420 |
| Ireland | 280 | 1:16,818 | 1,848 |
| New Zealand | 86 | 1:52,655 | 8,408 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:91,016 | 7,411 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Isle of Man | 11 | 1:7,802 | 1,618 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 877 | 1:5,051 | 850 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 74 | 1:50,584 | 3,461 |
| England | 52 | 1:468,757 | 26,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 648 | 1:77,498 | 8,234 |
McAleer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
MACALEAR: A variant of Maccluhe, which see, current in Galloway. John Macalier signed the Band of Dumfries, 1570 (RPC., XIV, p. 66).
McAleer Demographics
Average McAleer Salary in
United States
$49,545 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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McAleer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McAleer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McAleer is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name McAleer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 93,710th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,432,301 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of McAleer are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3,465 people, or 1 in 104,606. In The United States McAleer is mostly found in: New Jersey, where 8 percent live, Maryland, where 7 percent live and California, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 21 percent live and England, where 14 percent live.
McAleer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of McAleer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 535 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,402 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 641 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 68 percent between 1901 and 2014.
McAleer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (95%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the McAleer last name are 13.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.68% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount McAleer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.82% more than the national average, earning $49,545 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.83% more than the national average, earning $53,571 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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