McDavid Surname

108,824th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Aruba

McDavid Surname Definition:

MACDAVID: MacDavid is found in Dornoch in 1562. Johnston gives "a 1547 Mich. M'Cade, Gart (Dunblane)."

McDavid Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0961:88,4919,971
Canada3351:109,98711,787
Trinidad and Tobago2221:6,144945
England871:640,43737,483
Scotland751:71,3845,479
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Guyana221:34,6463,602
Aruba181:5,749789
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Wales71:442,07621,198
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
France11:66,422,722504,397
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland151:295,32411,912
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland601:62,3873,880
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6611:75,9748,073

McDavid (78) may also be a first name.

McDavid Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACDAVID: MacDavid is found in Dornoch in 1562. Johnston gives "a 1547 Mich. M'Cade, Gart (Dunblane)."

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Celtic + Hebrew) Son of David: v. David

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

McDavid Last Name Facts

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

McDavid is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McDavid? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 108,824th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,704,290 people. McDavid occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 101 percent of McDavid reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America. McDavid is also the 1,091,646th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 78 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 4,096 people, or 1 in 88,491. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent are found, Florida, where 8 percent are found and Kentucky, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent are found and Trinidad and Tobago, where 5 percent are found.

McDavid Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McDavid has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McDavid surname rose 620 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 791 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 125 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McDavid Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Presbyterian (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McDavid last name are 16.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.78% registered with the party.

The amount McDavid earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 165.21% more than the national average, earning R 630,228 per year; in United States they earn 2.36% less than the national average, earning $42,132 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.07% less than the national average, earning $45,176 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacDavid93128/
McDavitt80958/
MacDavit801/
McDeavitt75245/
MacDavitt7560/
McDevit7115/
MacDavitte710/
McDevitt6711,758/
McDivitt671,357/
Mcdivith677/
MacDaibhidh671/
MacDevitt63159/
MacDivitt63125/
Macdivith631/
McDivett5337/
MacDewitt501/

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