McCarle Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McCarle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCarle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland381:140,8908,524
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland181:207,9567,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

McCarle Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCarle is held by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCarle? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of McCarle live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widely held in Scotland, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 140,890. In Scotland McCarle is mostly concentrated in: Dundee City, where 53 percent live, Angus, where 18 percent live and Fife, where 11 percent live. Excluding Scotland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

McCarle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCarle has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the McCarle last name expanded 211 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McCarle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the McCarle last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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McCarle Reference & Research

McCarroll 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 McCarle
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