McDavid Surname
Approximately 4,276 people bear this surname
McDavid Surname Definition:
MACDAVID: MacDavid is found in Dornoch in 1562. Johnston gives "a 1547 Mich. M'Cade, Gart (Dunblane)."
McDavid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,096 | 1:88,491 | 9,971 |
| Canada | 335 | 1:109,987 | 11,787 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 222 | 1:6,144 | 945 |
| England | 87 | 1:640,437 | 37,483 |
| Scotland | 75 | 1:71,384 | 5,479 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Guyana | 22 | 1:34,646 | 3,602 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 1:295,324 | 11,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 60 | 1:62,387 | 3,880 |
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 661 | 1:75,974 | 8,073 |
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)."
(Celtic + Hebrew) Son of David: v. David
McDavid Demographics
McDavid Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
McDavid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McDavid Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McDavid occurs most in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McDavid? popularity and diffusion
It is the 108,824th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,704,290 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 101 percent of McDavid are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequent forename on earth, held by 78 people.
The surname McDavid 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 most prevalent in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, Florida, where 8 percent reside and Kentucky, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 5 percent reside.
McDavid Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of McDavid has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McDavid surname grew 620 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 791 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 125 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.
McDavid Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily 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% being registered to vote for the political 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.
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