McCandless Surname

63,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,851 people bear this surname

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

McCandless Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCandless Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,2851:49,7546,028
Northern Ireland6061:3,045614
Canada4861:75,8148,549
England3071:181,49216,346
Scotland1441:37,1793,577
Australia901:299,95226,269
Ireland721:65,4024,223
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Guam81:20,0153,029
Wales61:515,75523,171
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
France11:66,422,722504,397
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland4911:9,0221,336
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland311:120,7495,564
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0621:47,2875,419

McCandless (17) may also be a first name.

McCandless Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCandless is found most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of McCandless.

How Common Is The Last Name McCandless? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 63,789th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 928,232 people. McCandless is predominantly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of McCandless reside; 82 percent reside in North America and 82 percent reside in Anglo-North America. McCandless is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 17 people.

McCandless is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 7,285 people, or 1 in 49,754. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States McCandless occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

McCandless Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCandless has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McCandless last name grew 686 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 3,411 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 465 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 85 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McCandless Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McCandless last name is principally Presbyterian (56%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCandless last name are 23.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.67% registered with the political party.

The amount McCandless earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.3% more than the national average, earning $44,142 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.49% more than the national average, earning $54,396 CAD per year.

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McCandless Reference & Research

McCandless FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 McCandless
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