McCreight Surname

176,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,430 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

McCreight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCreight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2011:164,67916,732
Canada3381:109,01111,697
England1361:409,69228,019
Northern Ireland1111:16,6222,199
Scotland641:83,6536,073
Australia291:930,88655,860
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1641:27,0112,857
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
Scotland191:197,0117,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4181:120,14011,717

McCreight Last Name Facts

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

McCreight is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McCreight? popularity and diffusion

The surname McCreight is the 176,164th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,998,990 people. The surname McCreight is predominantly found in The Americas, where 105 percent of McCreight are found; 105 percent are found in North America and 105 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 2,201 people, or 1 in 164,679. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 22 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Ohio, where 5 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

McCreight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McCreight has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 527 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 680 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 337 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McCreight Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McCreight surname is predominantly Presbyterian (58%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McCreight last name are 9.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.11% being registered with the political party.

The amount McCreight earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.63% more than the national average, earning $45,148 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.26% more than the national average, earning $50,311 CAD per year.

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McCreight Reference & Research

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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 McCreight
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