McEntee Surname

88,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,426 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

McEntee Surname User-submission:

The McEntee surname means 'son of a poet' in Irish.

McEntee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9721:91,25410,251
Ireland1,2631:3,728649
England8691:64,1177,497
Australia2781:97,10711,018
New Zealand1791:25,2984,427
Northern Ireland1521:12,1381,798
South Africa1481:366,06633,202
Canada1341:274,96725,811
Scotland1181:45,3714,059
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Wales101:309,45316,869
El Salvador91:704,8763,399
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Northern Mariana Islands81:6,822652
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France21:33,211,361423,184
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland8991:4,928829
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England531:459,91326,089
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7321:68,6057,446

McEntee Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The McEntee surname means 'son of a poet' in Irish.

- patrickmcentee

McEntee Last Name Facts

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

The surname McEntee occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McEntee? popularity and diffusion

It is the 88,518th most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,343,079 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of McEntee live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.

McEntee is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3,972 people, or 1 in 91,254. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 15 percent are found, New Jersey, where 5 percent are found and Missouri, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States McEntee is found in 41 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 23 percent are found and England, where 16 percent are found.

McEntee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McEntee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McEntee last name expanded 543 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 140 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,640 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,967 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McEntee Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McEntee last name is primarily Catholic (99%) in Ireland.

In The United States McEntee are 4.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McEntee earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 13.67% more than the national average, earning R 270,132 per year; in United States they earn 11.72% more than the national average, earning $48,205 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.32% more than the national average, earning $50,338 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacEntee93320/
MacKentee880/
Macente86164/
MacKenteer820/
MacIntee8010/
MacKentie751/
MacKenter750/
MacKenthe750/
MacKintee750/
Macenti71105/
Makente7125/
Mackentech711/
McAntie711/
Mocenti711/
MacEnty710/
MacKenty6738/
Macinthe674/
Mokeunte671/
Makenteu671/
Maacinte671/
MacHinte670/

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McEntee Reference & Research

McEntee DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

McEntee FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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