McDevitte Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McDevitte Surname Definition:

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

McDevitte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland601:73,8315,346
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

McDevitte 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)

McDevitte Last Name Facts

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

The surname McDevitte is found most frequently in Northern Ireland. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McDevitte? popularity and diffusion

The last name McDevitte is the 4,307,654th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 133 percent of McDevitte are found; 133 percent are found in Northern Europe and 133 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 97,107. In Northern Ireland McDevitte is mostly found in: Ulster, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Northern Ireland this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 43 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

McDevitte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McDevitte has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McDevitte Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (87%) in Ireland.

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