McCartney Surname
Approximately 27,525 people bear this surname
McCartney Surname Definition:
(Celtic)? Son of Cart(h)- annach = the Kind [Irish carthannach, charitable, kind]
McCartney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,432 | 1:19,665 | 2,476 |
| England | 4,492 | 1:12,404 | 1,825 |
| Canada | 2,470 | 1:14,917 | 2,188 |
| Northern Ireland | 2,186 | 1:844 | 152 |
| Australia | 2,185 | 1:12,355 | 1,798 |
| Scotland | 1,936 | 1:2,765 | 514 |
| Ireland | 566 | 1:8,320 | 1,164 |
| Bahamas | 397 | 1:987 | 192 |
| New Zealand | 361 | 1:12,544 | 2,188 |
| Thailand | 235 | 1:300,589 | 51,827 |
| South Africa | 176 | 1:307,828 | 29,442 |
| Wales | 98 | 1:31,577 | 3,178 |
| Jamaica | 82 | 1:34,999 | 2,417 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 23 | 1:1,493 | 170 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 1:85,248 | 6,095 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:11,038 | 1,555 |
| Cayman Islands | 9 | 1:7,099 | 820 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,736 | 1:2,552 | 479 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,535 | 1:2,439 | 438 |
| England | 725 | 1:33,621 | 4,428 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,477 | 1:14,443 | 1,843 |
McCartney (74) may also be a first name.
McCartney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic)? Son of Cart(h)- annach = the Kind [Irish carthannach, charitable, kind]
(Irish) The son of little Art (stone or bear).
McCartney Demographics
McCartney Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
McCartney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McCartney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname McCartney occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McCartney? popularity and diffusion
It is the 19,878th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 264,761 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of McCartney are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America. McCartney is also the 1,125,792nd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 74 people.
This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 18,432 people, or 1 in 19,665. In The United States McCartney is most prevalent in: Texas, where 8 percent reside, Ohio, where 8 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States McCartney occurs in 82 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.
McCartney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of McCartney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the McCartney last name expanded 530 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 620 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 126 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
McCartney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the McCartney surname is chiefly Presbyterian (47%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the McCartney surname are 14.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.53% registered with the party.
The amount McCartney earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.17% more than the national average, earning R 359,244 per year; in United States they earn 1.77% less than the national average, earning $42,387 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.38% more than the national average, earning $53,847 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacCartney | 95 | 447 | / |
| McCarthney | 95 | 73 | / |
| McArtney | 94 | 451 | / |
| Macartney | 89 | 2,371 | / |
| McCortney | 89 | 160 | / |
| MacCartny | 89 | 15 | / |
| McCurtney | 89 | 2 | / |
| McKartney | 89 | 1 | / |
| MacKartney | 84 | 3 | / |
| MacArthney | 84 | 2 | / |
| MacArtny | 82 | 5 | / |
| Maccourtney | 80 | 68 | / |
| MacOrtney | 78 | 0 | / |
| MacCortner | 74 | 2 | / |
| Mascartnhas | 60 | 2 | / |
| Makartni | 59 | 31 | / |
| Makkartni | 56 | 2 | / |
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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
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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 McCartney
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