McCue Surname

35,506th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,879 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McCue Surname Definition:

(Irish) The son of Aodh (fire).

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McCue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,6491:31,1153,876
England1,3161:42,3395,414
Canada1,1011:33,4664,318
Scotland1,0571:5,065850
Australia7761:34,7884,584
South Africa671:808,62254,680
Wales581:53,3544,894
Northern Ireland491:37,6543,578
Ireland421:112,1185,755
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Malta41:107,5681,849
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2911:15,2231,927
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland6101:6,136888
England5061:48,1735,936
Wales221:71,2923,399
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,3891:11,4421,494

McCue (15) may also be a first name.

McCue Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Irish) The son of Aodh (fire).

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

User-submitted Reference

The surname originates in Ireland and comes from an Anglicisation of the Old Irish 'Aodh' to 'Hugh', the original surname having been 'Mac Aodh' literally meaning 'Son of Fire' became 'M(a)cHugh'. Its thought that the name is to have originally been that of either Manx or Norse settlers in Ireland and its known that the family once had land holdings in Connacht as well as later in Ulster.

- dannmchugh

McCue Last Name Facts

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

McCue occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCue? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 35,506th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 489,787 people. The surname McCue is predominantly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of McCue live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 15 people.

The surname McCue is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 11,649 people, or 1 in 31,115. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 9 percent are found, Florida, where 7 percent are found and Illinois, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States McCue is found in 41 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

McCue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCue has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the McCue surname expanded 265 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 260 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 173 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 264 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McCue Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (82%) in Ireland.

In The United States McCue are 8.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.03% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount McCue earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.15% more than the national average, earning R 380,568 per year; in United States they earn 10.77% more than the national average, earning $47,798 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.16% more than the national average, earning $50,260 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McCuey912/
McCu895/
McUe894/
McHue8037/
Moccu8011/
McCoe809/
Maccu805/
McCae804/
McCau804/
McCuy802/
McU752/
Maccou7374/
Maccus7337/
Maccei7313/
Maccey738/
MacCau738/
Macceu737/
Machcu736/
McCkey734/
McCaye732/
Moccut731/
Macuhe731/
Maccuy731/
McHuey730/
MacCux730/
Macu672,937/
Mocu67365/
MacCoux67119/
Maccaud67101/
MacCaux6776/
McCa6713/
McCo6711/
Mchu678/
McEy675/
Maccaus673/
MacCush672/
MacQuey671/
MacCuch671/
McAe671/
MacCohe671/
Macquei671/
Macheue671/
MacCaup670/

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