McCartney Surname

19,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,525 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McCartney Surname Definition:

(Celtic)? Son of Cart(h)- annach = the Kind [Irish carthannach, charitable, kind]

McCartney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,4321:19,6652,476
England4,4921:12,4041,825
Canada2,4701:14,9172,188
Northern Ireland2,1861:844152
Australia2,1851:12,3551,798
Scotland1,9361:2,765514
Ireland5661:8,3201,164
Bahamas3971:987192
New Zealand3611:12,5442,188
Thailand2351:300,58951,827
South Africa1761:307,82829,442
Wales981:31,5773,178
Jamaica821:34,9992,417
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Turks and Caicos Islands231:1,493170
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Trinidad and Tobago161:85,2486,095
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
China131:105,178,5825,529
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
France121:5,535,227269,324
United States Virgin Islands101:11,0381,555
Cayman Islands91:7,099820
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Macau11:601,6301,582
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,7361:2,552479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,5351:2,439438
England7251:33,6214,428
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4771:14,4431,843

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]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) The son of little Art (stone or bear).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacCartney95447/
McCarthney9573/
McArtney94451/
Macartney892,371/
McCortney89160/
MacCartny8915/
McCurtney892/
McKartney891/
MacKartney843/
MacArthney842/
MacArtny825/
Maccourtney8068/
MacOrtney780/
MacCortner742/
Mascartnhas602/
Makartni5931/
Makkartni562/

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McCartney Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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