McCawl Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

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

McCawl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCawl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

McCawl Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCawl occurs in Northern Ireland more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McCawl? popularity and diffusion

The surname McCawl is the 4,772,636th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name McCawl occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of McCawl live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 115,315. In Northern Ireland McCawl is most numerous in: Ulster, where 100 percent are found. Other than Northern Ireland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

McCawl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCawl has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people who held the McCawl surname fell 83 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McCawl Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (83%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McCawll921/
McCawlet861/
McCabl831/
McCowl830/
McKawle773/
Mccabel771/
McCowel770/
McCowell7134/
McCowill710/
Mcabel6719/
McGowl670/
McOwell626/
Mkaweel621/
McKowell573/
Mqabl5553/
McCoybell532/
Mkowel504/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 McCawl
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