McCaighey Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
McCaighey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
McCaighey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McCaighey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McCaighey is found in Northern Ireland more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McCaighey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. McCaighey occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of McCaighey live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in British Isles.
The surname McCaighey is most commonly used in Northern Ireland, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 184,504. In Northern Ireland McCaighey is most common in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Beside Northern Ireland McCaighey occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent live and Ukraine, where 8 percent live.
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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
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