McEleroy Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

McEleroy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McEleroy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

McEleroy Last Name Facts

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

The surname McEleroy is more commonly found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McEleroy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 150 percent of McEleroy are found; 150 percent are found in North America and 150 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 9,211,398. In Canada it is most numerous in: Alberta, where 75 percent are found and Ontario, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Canada McEleroy is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent are found.

McEleroy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McEleroy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McEleroy last name declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 McEleroy
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