McCappin Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McCappin Surname Definition:

MACCAPPIN: A variant of Macalpine, which see. Umphra McCapen was charged with tumult in Glasgow, 1606 (RPC., VII, p. 244). Robert McCapie in Duntreath was unrelaxed from homing, 1618 (RPC., XI, p. 300), Donald McApie or McCapie appears in 1667 (ibid.

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McCappin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:1,071,50151,923
Northern Ireland421:43,9293,909
Scotland301:178,4619,900
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland871:50,9184,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

McCappin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACCAPPIN: A variant of Macalpine, which see. Umphra McCapen was charged with tumult in Glasgow, 1606 (RPC., VII, p. 244). Robert McCapie in Duntreath was unrelaxed from homing, 1618 (RPC., XI, p. 300), Donald McApie or McCapie appears in 1667 (ibid., 2. ser. II, p. 115). Malcolm McCapine in Balinoe, parish of Ardskeodnish, was fined in 1686 for being a rebel (ibid., 3. ser. XII, p. 236), and John McCapy was town-clerk of Dunbartane, 1689 (ibid., XIV., p. 318).

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

McCappin Last Name Facts

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

McCappin occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCappin? popularity and diffusion

The last name McCappin is the 1,817,111th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name McCappin occurs predominantly in Europe, where 120 percent of McCappin live; 120 percent live in Northern Europe and 120 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 1,071,501. In England it is most numerous in: Merseyside, where 31 percent reside, Kent, where 25 percent reside and Essex, where 13 percent reside. Aside from England this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 41 percent reside and Scotland, where 29 percent reside.

McCappin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McCappin has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the McCappin surname increased 743 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McCappin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (63%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McCapin931/
McAppin930/
McCoppin88501/
McAppion88209/
McCaspin880/
McApin860/
McCopin803/
McAipin801/
McOppin800/
McCapne800/
McCoppen7557/
McCoepin752/
McGoppin750/
McKoppin750/
McCospin750/
McApen710/

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