McDanald Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

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

McDanald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McDanald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:4,588,088240,017
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:300,71123,854

McDanald Last Name Facts

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

The surname McDanald is most common in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McDanald? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,061,309th most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of McDanald reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 4,588,088. In The United States McDanald is most numerous in: Texas, where 29 percent are found, Kentucky, where 19 percent are found and West Virginia, where 14 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.

McDanald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McDanald has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McDanald surname contracted 53 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McDanald Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the McDanald last name are 0.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.33% registered to vote for the political party.

McDanald earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.98% more than the national average, earning $53,926 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 McDanald
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