McCanless Surname

362,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 997 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

McCanless Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCanless Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9971:363,55032,377
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2001:251,09320,779

McCanless Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCanless is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCanless? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 362,542nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 7,309,474 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of McCanless are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 997 people, or 1 in 363,550. In The United States it is most common in: Tennessee, where 14 percent live, Missouri, where 12 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

McCanless Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCanless has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McCanless surname expanded 499 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McCanless Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCanless surname are 5.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.53% registered to vote for the party.

McCanless earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.64% less than the national average, earning $42,012 USD 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
  • 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 McCanless
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