McCance Surname

252,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,569 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McCance Surname Definition:

MACANSH: Disguised form of Macangus, which see. James M'Ance was a merchant burgess of Dumfries before 1678 (Dumfries).

McCance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0061:360,29732,122
England2441:228,35319,058
Scotland1611:33,2543,301
Canada1521:242,40523,093
Australia1341:201,46019,724
Northern Ireland731:25,2742,815
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Wales41:773,63329,106
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1511:29,3372,998
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland481:77,9844,336
England351:696,43933,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2231:225,19619,055

McCance Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACANSH: Disguised form of Macangus, which see. James M'Ance was a merchant burgess of Dumfries before 1678 (Dumfries).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

MACCANCE, Maccanch: A variant of Macangus, which see. The name appears in Wigtownshire and Minnigaff in 1684 as McCans, McCance, McCanse, McKance, and McKants (Parish).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

McCance Last Name Facts

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

McCance occurs most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McCance? popularity and diffusion

The surname McCance is the 252,273rd most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,644,707 people. McCance occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of McCance live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,006 people, or 1 in 360,297. In The United States McCance is mostly found in: California, where 13 percent are found, Ohio, where 11 percent are found and Illinois, where 10 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent are found and Scotland, where 10 percent are found.

McCance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McCance has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 451 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 697 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 335 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCance Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (44%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McCance surname are 11.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.41% registered with the political party.

The amount McCance earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.86% more than the national average, earning $44,384 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.18% more than the national average, earning $53,749 CAD per year.

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