McFauld Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McFauld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McFauld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland101:535,38220,332
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland191:197,0117,414

McFauld Last Name Facts

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

McFauld has its highest incidence in Scotland. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McFauld? popularity and diffusion

The surname McFauld is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of McFauld live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

The last name McFauld is most commonly held in Scotland, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 535,382. In Scotland McFauld is most prevalent in: Glasgow City, where 40 percent are found, Fife, where 30 percent are found and South Lanarkshire, where 30 percent are found. Without taking into account Scotland McFauld exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 35 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

McFauld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McFauld has changed over time. In Scotland the share of the population with the surname contracted 47 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McFaulds93143/
McFald920/
McFaull86233/
McFal8317/
McFail77408/
McFale773/
McFold771/
McFull771/
McFayl771/
McFahl770/
McFeal770/
McFeild714/
McFfall711/
McCfall711/
McFaill711/
McFaell710/
McFaile710/
McFalle710/
McFaiel710/
McKfall710/
Mqful67122/
McPhaull6745/
McFassel6713/
McFugiel671/
McKfield670/
McPhal628/
McFeel624/
Mcfiel622/
McPhul622/
Mgfall621/
McFoll621/
Mcfool621/
McPhall57161/
McPhael573/
Mcphayl571/
McPhale570/
McPhaill5373/
Mc'phail531/
McPhaile530/
McPhalle530/
D'Mcphail501/
Mshfieldt501/

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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 McFauld
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