McCurdy Surname

26,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,002 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

McCurdy Surname Definition:

(Irish) The son of the navigator.

McCurdy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States17,7521:20,4182,577
Canada1,7441:21,1272,907
Australia1,2331:21,8943,026
Northern Ireland4341:4,251837
England4271:130,48712,922
Scotland2961:18,0872,169
New Zealand2721:16,6482,910
Guyana2081:3,665665
Jamaica1251:22,9601,909
Guam211:7,6251,143
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Wales181:171,91811,581
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Ireland51:941,78816,185
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
France21:33,211,361423,184
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland6881:6,4391,021
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1281:29,2442,539
England641:380,86523,394
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0521:12,3941,602

McCurdy (43) may also be a first name.

McCurdy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Irish) The son of the navigator.

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

McCurdy Last Name Facts

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

McCurdy is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of McCurdy.

How Common Is The Last Name McCurdy? popularity and diffusion

The last name McCurdy is the 26,856th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 364,341 people. The surname McCurdy is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of McCurdy reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America. McCurdy is also the 1,545,828th most commonly held forename throughout the world, borne by 43 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 17,752 people, or 1 in 20,418. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 9 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in 56 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

McCurdy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McCurdy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McCurdy last name grew 438 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 667 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 231 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McCurdy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the McCurdy surname is chiefly Presbyterian (48%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McCurdy surname are 20.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.63% being registered with the party.

The amount McCurdy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 113.08% more than the national average, earning R 506,352 per year; in United States they earn 1.69% less than the national average, earning $42,420 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.64% more than the national average, earning $53,480 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacCurdy93218/
MacUrdy86252/
McCardy86135/
McCurdie80374/
MacCordy8015/
Maccredy801/
Macgurdy801/
MacUrdey800/
MacCretdy750/
McHardy712,721/
MacUrda7151/
McKerdy716/
MacRedy712/
McCarda710/
McCardie67211/
Mackirdy67160/

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McCurdy Reference & Research

McCurdy 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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Footnotes

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