McCoist Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

McCoist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

McCoist Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia621:435,41534,362
England61:9,286,343223,652
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland111:340,29210,329

McCoist Last Name Facts

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

McCoist is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCoist? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,168,711th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name McCoist occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 82 percent of McCoist live; 82 percent live in Australasia and 82 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most frequently used in Australia, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 435,415. In Australia McCoist is most frequent in: Queensland, where 97 percent are found. Barring Australia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent are found and Scotland, where 5 percent are found.

McCoist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McCoist has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people bearing the McCoist last name fell 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacOiste801/
Macost771/
Moquist71205/
Macistt711/
Makoist711/
Macuiste678/
Modquist670/
Mascostte631/
Makost6214/
Maquist571/
Macaste571/
Mokgost571/
Moquest570/
Machest570/
Mayquist530/
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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 McCoist
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