McCallam Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guyana

McCallam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCallam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1011:551,66433,983
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Guyana101:76,2225,818
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Jamaica81:358,7438,527
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Wales61:515,75523,171
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland831:45,0993,253
England421:580,36629,847
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

McCallam Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCallam is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McCallam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,343,156th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname McCallam is predominantly found in Europe, where 66 percent of McCallam reside; 66 percent reside in Northern Europe and 66 percent reside in British Isles.

McCallam is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 551,664. In England McCallam is mostly concentrated in: Cumbria, where 24 percent are found, Cornwall, where 22 percent are found and Greater London, where 18 percent are found. Besides England this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Guyana, where 6 percent are found.

McCallam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCallam has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the McCallam last name rose 240 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it decreased 38 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCallam Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Presbyterian (85%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McCallam surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

The amount McCallam earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 28.3% less than the national average, earning $30,938 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.02% less than the national average, earning $48,184 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
  • 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 McCallam
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