McAravey Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

McAravey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McAravey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

McAravey Last Name Facts

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

The last name McAravey has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of McAravey.

How Common Is The Last Name McAravey? popularity and diffusion

The surname McAravey is the 3,485,539th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of McAravey are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 1,868,197. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 41 percent live, Western Cape, where 38 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 21 percent live. Aside from South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.

McAravey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (47%) in Ireland.

McAravey earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 133.74% more than the national average, earning R 555,456 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McGaravey940/
McAravy9314/
McCareavey891/
McAreavy88127/
McArevey8824/
Mcareave881/
McAraver881/
McArivey880/
McArravay821/
McCoravey820/
McAreavie820/
McArava800/
McArevy800/
McEiravy751/
McCarevy750/
McAreevy750/
Mccarraber672/
Msorave671/
Mkaravai631/
Mkarova5312/
Mxorabe531/
Mzorava531/
Msaraba531/
Msharova50133/
Mziarova506/
Mkhareva501/
Msharaba501/

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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 McAravey
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