McElrath Surname
Approximately 4,200 people bear this surname
McElrath Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,151 | 1:87,318 | 9,839 |
| Scotland | 44 | 1:121,678 | 7,769 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 663 | 1:75,745 | 8,050 |
McElrath Demographics
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McElrath Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McElrath Come From? nationality or country of origin
McElrath is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of McElrath.
How Common Is The Last Name McElrath? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 110,636th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,735,130 people. The last name McElrath occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of McElrath are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 4,151 people, or 1 in 87,318. In The United States it is most common in: North Carolina, where 9 percent reside, Alabama, where 8 percent reside and South Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 1 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 0 percent reside.
McElrath Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of McElrath has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McElrath surname grew 626 percent between 1880 and 2014.
McElrath Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Presbyterian (75%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the McElrath last name are 21.24% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.01% being registered with the political party.
The amount McElrath earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 16.56% less than the national average, earning $36,004 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.44% less than the national average, earning $43,502 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacElrath | 94 | 34 | / |
| MacKelrath | 89 | 8 | / |
| MacElreath | 89 | 1 | / |
| McIlrath | 88 | 1,175 | / |
| MacIlrath | 82 | 2 | / |
| MacIlraith | 78 | 22 | / |
| MacIlreath | 78 | 4 | / |
| MacKelratt | 78 | 0 | / |
| MacLeraith | 78 | 0 | / |
| MacIlreith | 67 | 12 | / |
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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 McElrath
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