McCabe Surname

9,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62,720 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

McCabe Surname Definition:

(Celtic-Latin-Greek-Syr.) Son of the Abbot [Irish and Gaelic Mac Aba—mac, son + aba (dh, genit. of ab, abbot] Cp. Mc Nab.

McCabe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States42,0381:8,6221,038
England9,9111:5,622799
Ireland6,9751:675117
Australia5,4361:4,966717
Canada4,2291:8,7131,298
Scotland3,9681:1,349234
Northern Ireland2,1201:870160
South Africa1,4121:38,3694,929
New Zealand1,0781:4,201659
Wales2861:10,8201,209
Dominican Republic1391:75,0573,477
Thailand1161:608,951103,575
Israel871:98,36411,357
France641:1,037,855114,367
Spain611:766,42732,250
Germany551:1,463,73689,144
Netherlands531:318,62637,214
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Sweden451:218,81715,158
Isle of Man431:1,996375
Liberia251:176,34112,123
Norway241:214,26224,079
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Jersey201:4,960981
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
China111:124,301,9616,553
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
India51:153,413,076951,030
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland6,4291:689109
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2681:10,7481,640
Scotland1,6791:2,229398
Wales131:120,6475,000
Jersey51:10,3761,795
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,0191:4,178516

McCabe (120) may also be a first name.

McCabe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic-Latin-Greek-Syr.) Son of the Abbot [Irish and Gaelic Mac Aba—mac, son + aba (dh, genit. of ab, abbot] Cp. Mc Nab.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) Son of the hooded one.

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

The son of Cabe. Caob, Gaelic, a bough, branch, a clod, lump, a bit or piece of any thing. Ceap, the top of a hill, a sign set up in time of battle.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur
DNA test information
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McCabe Demographics

Average Male McCabe Height

176.75 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 719 (2014)

Average Female McCabe Height

162.2 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 87 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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McCabe Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCabe is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of McCabe.

How Common Is The Last Name McCabe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 9,033rd most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 116,192 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of McCabe live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 852,104th most widely held given name globally, borne by 120 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 42,038 people, or 1 in 8,622. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 11 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States this surname is found in 89 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent live and Ireland, where 11 percent live.

McCabe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCabe has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 350 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 437 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 108 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 236 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCabe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McCabe last name is primarily Catholic (94%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCabe surname are 10.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.13% registered with the political party.

The amount McCabe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.93% less than the national average, earning 249,410 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 78.48% more than the national average, earning R 424,128 per year; in United States they earn 8.49% more than the national average, earning $46,813 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.14% more than the national average, earning $52,239 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McCabee9211/
McAbe9193/
McAbee835,127/
McKabe8310/
McApe730/
Mchape67102/
Makyebe622/
Makiev506,924/
Makyev5086/
Maqiev501/

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McCabe Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to McCabe
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