McCanley Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

McCanley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCanley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia51:881,70733,815
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland601:73,8315,346
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2021:248,60720,632

McCanley Last Name Facts

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

McCanley is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCanley? popularity and diffusion

McCanley is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of McCanley reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Liberia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent reside. Besides Liberia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 14 percent reside.

McCanley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McCanley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McCanley last name decreased 99 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCanley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (71%) in Ireland.

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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 McCanley
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