McElwane Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

McElwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McElwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States591:851,16452,255

McElwane Last Name Facts

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

McElwane occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McElwane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name McElwane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of McElwane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 74 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 15 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found.

McElwane Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McElwane has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McElwane last name fell 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McElwane Last Name Statistics demography

McElwane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.16% less than the national average, earning R 132,708 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 McElwane
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