McArthy Surname

417,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

McArthy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McArthy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5541:654,25852,414
England1321:422,10728,563
Australia1241:217,70720,896
Ireland761:61,9604,107
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Wales111:281,32115,850
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
France21:33,211,361423,184
Guinea21:5,916,9082,656
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3221:75,7008,272
Wales801:19,6051,139
Scotland271:138,6386,001
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1941:258,85921,305

McArthy (13) may also be a first name.

McArthy Last Name Facts

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

McArthy is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McArthy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 417,348th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of McArthy reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name globally It is held by 13 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 554 people, or 1 in 654,258. In The United States it is most numerous in: Missouri, where 20 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States McArthy exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 15 percent live.

McArthy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McArthy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McArthy last name expanded 286 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 59 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McArthy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the McArthy last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McArthy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 205.63% more than the national average, earning R 726,300 per year; in United States they earn 1.34% more than the national average, earning $43,726 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.39% more than the national average, earning $52,857 CAD per year.

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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
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