McElherron Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

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

McElherron Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McElherron Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland541:34,1673,366
Ireland381:123,9196,102
England191:2,932,529101,561
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

McElherron Last Name Facts

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

McElherron is borne by more people in Northern Ireland than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McElherron? popularity and diffusion

The last name McElherron is the 1,839,022nd most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 114 percent of McElherron live; 113 percent live in Northern Europe and 113 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in Northern Ireland, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 34,167. In Northern Ireland it is most prevalent in: Ulster, where 100 percent are found. Not including Northern Ireland it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 38 percent are found and England, where 19 percent are found.

McElherron Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McElherron has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people who held the McElherron surname grew 238 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McElherron Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McElherron surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

McElherron earn a lot less than the average income. In Canada they earn 48.69% less than the national average, earning $25,491 CAD 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 McElherron
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