McElvany Surname

728,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 398 people bear this surname

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

McElvany Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McElvany Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3981:910,70168,500
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States701:717,41046,098

McElvany Last Name Facts

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

The last name McElvany is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McElvany? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 728,955th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of McElvany reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 398 people, or 1 in 910,701. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 30 percent live, Oklahoma, where 28 percent live and California, where 26 percent live. Besides The United States McElvany is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

McElvany Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McElvany has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McElvany last name grew 569 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McElvany Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the McElvany surname are 29.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 76.04% being registered with the party.

McElvany earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.88% more than the national average, earning $50,432 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 McElvany
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