McElheney Surname

686,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 432 people bear this surname

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

McElheney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McElheney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4321:839,02564,101
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1901:264,30921,644

McElheney Last Name Facts

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

The last name McElheney occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McElheney? popularity and diffusion

The surname McElheney is the 686,443rd most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of McElheney reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

McElheney is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 432 people, or 1 in 839,025. In The United States McElheney is most numerous in: Georgia, where 32 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Ohio, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

McElheney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McElheney has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McElheney surname increased 227 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McElheney Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the McElheney surname is primarily Episcopalian (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McElheney last name are 21.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.75% being registered to vote for the party.

McElheney earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.91% more than the national average, earning $46,129 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
  • 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 McElheney
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