McEneff Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

McEneff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McEneff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland711:66,3234,252
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

McEneff Last Name Facts

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

The last name McEneff is more frequently found in Ireland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McEneff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,152,526th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of McEneff are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname McEneff is most frequent in Ireland, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 66,323. In Ireland it is primarily found in: Leinster, where 99 percent live and Munster, where 1 percent live. Apart from Ireland McEneff is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Hong Kong, where 3 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 1 percent live.

McEneff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McEneff has changed through the years. In Ireland the share of the population with the surname grew 710 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McEneff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacEneff931/
McEnff921/
McEniff8690/
McEnuff865/
McIneff860/
Moucenef801/
MacEniff801/
McEnhoff800/
McInff771/
Mesniaeff753/
Meis-Neff751/
McInuff7111/
McInnef712/
McIniff710/
McEnove710/
Mesinoff6711/
MacInnef672/
Mezenoff672/
Mcinnuff671/
Messanef671/
Mazenoff671/
McKiniff670/
McQuiniff6372/
McInew620/
Mtsenev571/
McGinnif532/
McQuinif530/

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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 McEneff
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