McCearney Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McCearney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCearney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:892,30328,047
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811

McCearney Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCearney occurs more in Scotland more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCearney? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 114 percent of McCearney reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most prevalent in Scotland, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 892,303. In Scotland McCearney is primarily found in: South Lanarkshire, where 67 percent live, Dundee City, where 17 percent live and Glasgow City, where 17 percent live. Excluding Scotland this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent live and France, where 14 percent live.

McCearney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCearney has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people bearing the McCearney last name contracted 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 McCearney
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