McAlevey Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

McAlevey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McAlevey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1911:1,897,691123,202
Ireland231:204,7368,142
England31:18,572,686338,250
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland501:88,5975,964
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

McAlevey Last Name Facts

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

McAlevey is most common in The United States. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McAlevey? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,194,481st most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of McAlevey reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 1,897,691. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 19 percent are found, Missouri, where 14 percent are found and Maine, where 11 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 12 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

McAlevey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McAlevey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McAlevey last name grew 735 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 54 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McAlevey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McAlevey surname are 3.18% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.41% registered to vote for the political party.

McAlevey earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.74% more than the national average, earning $47,353 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McAleavey94579/
McAleevey940/
McAlevy93240/
McAleavy88376/
McAlavey88100/
McAlevay882/
McAllevy880/
McAlevee880/
McAlivey880/
McKelevey824/
McCaleavy821/
McAleaviy821/
McAleouey820/
McAlavy8034/
McAleby801/
McKelevy756/
McCalebe751/
McAliver750/
McAlleby750/
McAlibey750/
McColeavy711/
McAullive710/
Mkeleve671/
McOlive670/

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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 McAlevey
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