McCoshan Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McCoshan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCoshan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

McCoshan Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCoshan is more commonly found in Scotland than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCoshan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 120 percent of McCoshan are found; 120 percent are found in Northern Europe and 120 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name McCoshan is most commonly held in Scotland, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 594,869. In Scotland it is most common in: West Dunbartonshire, where 67 percent are found and Argyll and Bute, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Scotland this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 40 percent are found and England, where 30 percent are found.

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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
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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 McCoshan
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