McCullagh Surname

109,872nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McCullagh Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Son of Culloch: v. Culloch. MacBain (Names of Inverness, p. 38) says that 'Mac Culloch is possibly Mac Lulach—Little Calf.’

McCullagh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4201:39,2385,077
Northern Ireland1,3351:1,382291
Australia1,2581:21,4592,979
United States1,0721:338,11530,487
Ireland8661:5,438859
Canada5221:70,5858,071
Scotland3271:16,3732,016
New Zealand1291:35,1036,033
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Zimbabwe321:482,44540,356
Wales281:110,5198,545
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
France41:16,605,680368,153
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Fiji11:894,3914,568
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2,3211:1,909368
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1141:213,81916,577
Scotland301:124,7745,666
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1441:348,74126,729

McCullagh Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Son of Culloch: v. Culloch. MacBain (Names of Inverness, p. 38) says that 'Mac Culloch is possibly Mac Lulach—Little Calf.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) The son of Cullach (boar).

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

McCullagh Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCullagh occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCullagh? popularity and diffusion

It is the 109,872nd most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,721,196 people. The last name McCullagh occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of McCullagh live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 1,420 people, or 1 in 39,238. In England McCullagh is most numerous in: Greater London, where 23 percent reside, Durham, where 6 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 5 percent reside. Aside from England McCullagh occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 32 percent reside and Australia, where 30 percent reside.

McCullagh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCullagh has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the McCullagh last name expanded 1,246 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 744 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 63 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,090 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 2,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCullagh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (66%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCullagh surname are 3.74% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.51% registered to vote for the party.

The amount McCullagh earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.82% less than the national average, earning 208,265 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 87.82% more than the national average, earning R 446,328 per year; in United States they earn 23.34% more than the national average, earning $53,218 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.68% more than the national average, earning $56,974 CAD per year.

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McCullagh Reference & Research

McCollough DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

McCollough FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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