McDevett Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

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

McDevett Surname Definition:

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

McDevett Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:809,97950,387

McDevett 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)

McDevett Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name McDevett? popularity and diffusion

McDevett is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname McDevett occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of McDevett live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname McDevett is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States McDevett is most numerous in: North Carolina, where 69 percent reside, South Carolina, where 19 percent reside and Connecticut, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Turkey, where 6 percent reside.

McDevett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McDevett has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McDevett surname declined 74 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McDevett Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

McDevett earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.12% less than the national average, earning $36,625 USD per year.

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Footnotes

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