McElvey Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

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

McElvey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McElvey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1211:2,995,528175,060
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1621:309,99224,444

McElvey Last Name Facts

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

The surname McElvey is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McElvey? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,649,806th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. McElvey occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 101 percent of McElvey reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 2,995,528. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 31 percent are found, Georgia, where 31 percent are found and Alabama, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 1 percent are found.

McElvey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McElvey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McElvey surname declined 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McElvey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the McElvey last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.

McElvey earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.05% more than the national average, earning $44,466 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
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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 McElvey
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