McCeary Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

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

McCeary Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCeary Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:9,293,819392,288
England51:11,143,612252,590
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

McCeary Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCeary is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCeary? popularity and diffusion

McCeary is the 2,944,094th most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname McCeary occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of McCeary reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 9,293,819. In The United States McCeary is most numerous in: New Jersey, where 46 percent are found, Georgia, where 15 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 2 percent are found.

McCeary Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCeary has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McCeary surname expanded 177 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McCeary Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the McCeary surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the political party.

McCeary earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.72% more than the national average, earning $44,756 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
  • 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 McCeary
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