McCathen Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

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

McCathen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCathen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:7,711,892346,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

McCathen Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCathen is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McCathen? popularity and diffusion

McCathen is the 2,843,861st most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of McCathen live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States McCathen is primarily found in: Louisiana, where 32 percent reside, Texas, where 23 percent reside and Kansas, where 11 percent reside.

McCathen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCathen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McCathen last name rose 783 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McCathen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the McCathen last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCathen last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

McCathen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.24% less than the national average, earning $33,982 USD per year.

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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
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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 McCathen
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