McCarten Surname
Approximately 1,333 people bear this surname
McCarten Surname Definition:
MACARTAIN: A dialectal form of Macarthur current in Skye. Hector M'Cartane was one of M'Nachtane's soldiers shipped to France at Lochkerran, 1627 (Archaeologia Scotica, III, p. 257).
McCarten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 531 | 1:682,597 | 54,262 |
| England | 483 | 1:115,358 | 11,789 |
| Australia | 186 | 1:145,138 | 15,497 |
| Canada | 179 | 1:205,841 | 20,025 |
| New Zealand | 95 | 1:47,667 | 7,746 |
| Northern Ireland | 83 | 1:22,229 | 2,588 |
| Scotland | 27 | 1:198,290 | 10,618 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 107 | 1:41,401 | 3,746 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 95 | 1:256,583 | 18,459 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:249,548 | 8,553 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 1:13,567 | 1,192 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 143 | 1:351,180 | 26,857 |
McCarten Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
MACARTAIN: A dialectal form of Macarthur current in Skye. Hector M'Cartane was one of M'Nachtane's soldiers shipped to France at Lochkerran, 1627 (Archaeologia Scotica, III, p. 257).
For Mac Artan (Celtic) = Mac Art (q.v.) + the diminutive suff. -án.
McCarten Demographics
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McCarten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McCarten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname McCarten occurs most in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name McCarten? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 287,894th most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 5,467,026 people. The surname McCarten is predominantly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of McCarten live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name McCarten is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 531 people, or 1 in 682,597. In The United States McCarten is most frequent in: Wisconsin, where 12 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Illinois, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in England, where 36 percent live and Australia, where 14 percent live.
McCarten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of McCarten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McCarten last name expanded 371 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 508 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 180 percent between 1881 and 2014.
McCarten Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the McCarten last name are 9.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.52% registered with the political party.
The amount McCarten earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 23.75% more than the national average, earning $53,397 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.39% more than the national average, earning $54,843 CAD per year.
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