McDawell Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

McDawell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McDawell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

McDawell Last Name Facts

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

The last name McDawell is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of McDawell click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McDawell? popularity and diffusion

McDawell is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of McDawell are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States McDawell is most numerous in: New York, where 33 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and Florida, where 17 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent are found and Wales, where 13 percent are found.

McDawell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McDawell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McDawell last name contracted 81 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McDawell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McDawell last name is principally Catholic (60%) in Ireland.

McDawell earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.1% less than the national average, earning $30,594 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
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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 McDawell
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