McCanthy Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

McCanthy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCanthy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

McCanthy Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCanthy is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCanthy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname McCanthy is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of McCanthy reside; 80 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States McCanthy is most frequent in: Maine, where 25 percent are found, New York, where 25 percent are found and North Carolina, where 25 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent are found.

McCanthy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McCanthy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McCanthy surname grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McCanty9352/
McAnthy930/
McConthy881/
McCantys881/
McCantty880/
McCantey880/
McAnty860/
McConthey821/
McGanty80111/
McCanta8046/
McCante804/
McAinty800/
McCamty800/
McKanty800/
McConty800/
McCantis759/
McContey753/
McCantes752/
McCounty751/
McCianti751/
McCanter751/
McAnta711/
McAnte710/
McCantess710/
McAntee6736/
Mkantyo676/
Mkanthi673/
McGonty671/
McAntaa670/
McAnter670/

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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 McCanthy
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