McCormick Surname

5,417th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104,597 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

McCormick Surname Definition:

(Irish) The son of Cormac (charioteer or son of Corb), the name of eight saints.

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McCormick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States87,1001:4,161460
England8,2251:6,774981
Canada6,9021:5,338779
Australia4,3441:6,214905
Scotland3,1191:1,717313
Northern Ireland3,0151:61290
New Zealand1,5311:2,958447
Ireland1,0221:4,608769
South Africa3061:177,05119,513
Wales2321:13,3381,475
Thailand1431:493,97486,347
Argentina1341:318,98125,304
Colombia701:682,4877,946
Zimbabwe681:227,03325,258
Spain581:806,07033,159
Venezuela541:559,33510,264
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Mexico441:2,821,05022,257
France441:1,509,607143,950
Isle of Man431:1,996375
Singapore431:128,0865,748
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Jersey301:3,307613
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Sweden251:393,87027,867
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Jamaica211:136,6644,886
Honduras181:489,8023,355
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Costa Rica161:298,7543,169
Guam161:10,0081,526
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Norway151:342,81932,589
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Hong Kong121:611,2903,500
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
China111:124,301,9616,553
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
Finland91:610,74534,002
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Falkland Islands71:44788
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Panama61:652,04310,051
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Montserrat11:4,947471
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malta11:430,2723,380
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saint Martin11:35,156229
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland4,6221:958166
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2,7821:1,346241
England2,0831:11,7021,787
Wales521:30,1621,677
Isle of Man341:1,596208
Guernsey71:4,665827
Jersey51:10,3761,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,5291:2,710296

McCormick (147) may also be a first name.

McCormick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Irish) The son of Cormac (charioteer or son of Corb), the name of eight saints.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'son of Cormick'.

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McCormick Last Name Facts

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

McCormick is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCormick? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,417th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 69,673 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of McCormick are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America. McCormick is also the 760,591st most numerous first name in the world, borne by 147 people.

McCormick is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 87,100 people, or 1 in 4,161. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 8 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 90 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

McCormick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McCormick has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McCormick surname grew 470 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 395 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 112 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 78 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 446 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCormick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (62%) in Ireland and Orthodox (67%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the McCormick surname are 12.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.67% registered with the political party.

The amount McCormick earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.62% more than the national average, earning 431,287 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 57.7% more than the national average, earning R 374,748 per year; in Colombia they earn 35.07% more than the national average, earning $30,664,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.94% more than the national average, earning $43,987 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.42% more than the national average, earning $50,883 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacCormick951,296/
McOrmick94133/
Maccormaick9010/
McCormack8947,551/
MacOrmick8922/
Maccormik8917/
Maccormic897/
Mocormick893/
MacCormack842,894/
MacCormaic8437/
MacKormick842/
Mascormick841/
Maccormeck841/
MacOrmic82105/
McOrmack8254/
Macormik821/
Makormik7128/
Makormic711/
Makkormik67132/

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McCormick Reference & Research

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