McFerren Surname

295,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McFerren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McFerren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2591:287,89426,766
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Scotland261:205,91610,908
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England21:27,859,030389,889
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2931:171,39515,445

McFerren Last Name Facts

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

McFerren is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McFerren? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 295,200th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,640,515 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of McFerren live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 1,259 people, or 1 in 287,894. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Tennessee, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent live and Scotland, where 2 percent live.

McFerren Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McFerren has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McFerren last name increased 430 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 2,600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McFerren Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McFerren last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McFerren last name are 20.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.6% registered to vote for the party.

The amount McFerren earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 114.95% more than the national average, earning R 510,804 per year and in United States they earn 2.48% less than the national average, earning $42,079 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacFerren9467/
McFerrin881,978/
McFerran881,360/
McFarren881,316/
McFern8677/
McPherren82191/
MacFerrin8228/
McFaran670/
McPheran630/
Mogforn531/
Magfirin5012/

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McFerren Reference & Research

McFerrin 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

  • 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 McFerren
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