McCurtain Surname

617,057th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

McCurtain Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCurtain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4991:726,37157,071
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

McCurtain Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCurtain is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of McCurtain click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCurtain? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 617,057th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. The surname McCurtain occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of McCurtain live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 499 people, or 1 in 726,371. In The United States McCurtain is most common in: California, where 11 percent are found, Arizona, where 5 percent are found and Wyoming, where 4 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

McCurtain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McCurtain has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McCurtain last name expanded 1,559 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McCurtain Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the McCurtain last name are 28.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.23% registered to vote for the party.

The amount McCurtain earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.31% less than the national average, earning $38,270 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.17% more than the national average, earning $54,737 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacCurtain95110/
MacCurtin8911/
McCartin821,777/
McCartan821,687/
McCartn751/
MacKeurtan7418/
McCarten711,333/
McCarton71236/
MacOrtin712/
MacOrten592/

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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
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  • 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 McCurtain
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