McAndrew Surname

51,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

McAndrew Surname Definition:

(Celtic-Greek) Son of Andrew v. Andrew.

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McAndrew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,9051:61,3827,191
England2,0491:27,1933,710
Australia9571:28,2093,831
Ireland8581:5,488864
Scotland6571:8,1491,199
Canada5271:69,9168,014
Wales1751:17,6831,917
Guyana1211:6,2991,082
New Zealand1131:40,0746,748
Northern Ireland311:59,5174,663
France251:2,656,909193,074
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Panama41:978,06412,245
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Belize21:177,7373,502
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
China21:683,660,78330,601
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Suriname11:552,6169,664
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland8861:5,000843
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland7411:5,052780
England5801:42,0265,304
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1561:43,4425,045

McAndrew (46) may also be a first name.

McAndrew Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic-Greek) Son of Andrew v. Andrew.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish, Scottish) The son of Andrew (manly).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The son of Andrew.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

User-submitted Reference

(Scottish + Irish + Greek) The son of Andrew; deriving from the Greek man Andreas meaning man.

- dinn315

McAndrew Last Name Facts

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

The surname McAndrew occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of McAndrew click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McAndrew? popularity and diffusion

The last name McAndrew is the 51,948th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 739,177 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 53 percent of McAndrew live; 52 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 46 people.

The last name McAndrew is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 5,905 people, or 1 in 61,382. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 9 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 53 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

McAndrew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McAndrew has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the McAndrew surname expanded 511 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 353 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 3 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 11 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McAndrew Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the McAndrew last name is principally Catholic (99%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McAndrew surname are 10.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.81% registered to vote for the party.

The amount McAndrew earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.15% more than the national average, earning $46,234 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.55% more than the national average, earning $51,943 CAD per year.

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