McCullough Surname

8,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66,313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McCullough Surname Definition:

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

McCullough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States60,7511:5,966694
Canada4,8991:7,5211,106
Northern Ireland3,9421:46856
England2,4951:22,3323,120
Australia1,6361:16,5012,321
New Zealand1,0121:4,475702
Ireland3991:11,8021,475
Scotland3081:17,3832,102
South Africa2581:209,99122,252
Wales731:42,3914,090
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Switzerland341:241,55620,206
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Mexico271:4,597,26727,985
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Panama191:205,9085,804
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
France151:4,428,181244,602
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Belize111:32,3162,112
Norway101:514,22941,629
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Gibraltar61:5,659991
United States Virgin Islands61:18,3962,503
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
China51:273,464,31313,838
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2,6721:1,658317
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2731:89,2879,299
Scotland281:133,6865,889
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,6381:6,575824

McCullough (97) may also be a first name.

McCullough 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

The son of Cullough. Cullach, Gaelic, a boar, figuratively, a brave man.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

McCullough Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCullough is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCullough? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,587th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 109,896 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of McCullough live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. McCullough is also the 962,660th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 97 people.

The surname McCullough is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 60,751 people, or 1 in 5,966. In The United States McCullough is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States McCullough occurs in 78 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 7 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 6 percent are found.

McCullough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCullough has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McCullough last name expanded 795 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 914 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 85 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,217 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCullough Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the McCullough last name is principally Presbyterian (58%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCullough last name are 13.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.74% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McCullough earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.69% more than the national average, earning 389,996 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 103.82% more than the national average, earning R 484,356 per year; in United States they earn 2.73% less than the national average, earning $41,969 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.93% more than the national average, earning $53,621 CAD per year.

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McCullough 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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