McCourty Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

McCourty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCourty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica611:47,0482,826
United States531:6,838,848318,712
England441:1,266,32057,817
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Panama61:652,04310,051
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland241:155,9676,425
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

McCourty Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCourty is carried by more people in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McCourty? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,755,741st most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 123 percent of McCourty live; 61 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in Jamaica, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 47,048. In Jamaica it is most common in: Middlesex County, where 98 percent reside and Cornwall County, where 2 percent reside. Barring Jamaica it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 49 percent reside and England, where 40 percent reside.

McCourty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCourty has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,060 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 338 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 58 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCourty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCourty surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.54% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount McCourty earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning $30,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.46% less than the national average, earning $48,957 CAD 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
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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 McCourty
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