McCaughan Surname

195,301st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,149 people bear this surname

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

McCaughan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCaughan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1481:315,73128,863
Northern Ireland5371:3,436683
Australia4511:59,8577,258
Canada3221:114,42712,178
New Zealand3171:14,2852,501
England2031:274,47321,519
Ireland711:66,3234,252
Scotland261:205,91610,908
Wales41:773,63329,106
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
France11:66,422,722504,397
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2701:16,4072,041
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1251:401,74929,788

McCaughan Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCaughan is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCaughan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 195,301st most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,391,134 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of McCaughan live; 64 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname McCaughan is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,148 people, or 1 in 315,731. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Nevada, where 24 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 25 percent reside and Australia, where 21 percent reside.

McCaughan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McCaughan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McCaughan surname expanded 918 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,450 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 74 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 2,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCaughan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the McCaughan surname is predominantly Catholic (35%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCaughan surname are 7.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.27% registered with the political party.

The amount McCaughan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 23.14% more than the national average, earning $53,135 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.96% more than the national average, earning $51,650 CAD per year.

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McCaughan Reference & Research

McCaughan FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

McCaughan 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
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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 McCaughan
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