McCouig Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

McCouig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

McCouig 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
England171:3,277,533109,658
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

McCouig Last Name Facts

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

McCouig occurs most in England. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of McCouig click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCouig? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of McCouig live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The last name McCouig is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 3,277,533. In England McCouig is mostly found in: Gloucestershire, where 71 percent are found, Wiltshire, where 18 percent are found and Greater Manchester, where 12 percent are found. Aside from England this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 15 percent are found.

McCouig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McCouig has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people who held the McCouig surname increased 300 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
McCouaig9383/
McCauig862/
McOuigg860/
McUeigh712/
McKeaig5725/
McGoegh570/
McKoegh570/
McEaigh570/
McCaegh570/
McKeaigg5358/
Mcaec501/
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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 McCouig
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