McFerrin Surname
Approximately 1,978 people bear this surname
McFerrin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,958 | 1:185,117 | 18,453 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 359 | 1:139,885 | 13,187 |
McFerrin (12) may also be a first name.
McFerrin Demographics
Average Male McFerrin Height
178.15 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
McFerrin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McFerrin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McFerrin has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McFerrin? popularity and diffusion
The surname McFerrin is the 209,010th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,684,300 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of McFerrin live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. McFerrin is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name globally, held by 12 people.
McFerrin is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 1,958 people, or 1 in 185,117. In The United States McFerrin is most prevalent in: Alabama, where 9 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
McFerrin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of McFerrin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 545 percent between 1880 and 2014.
McFerrin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the McFerrin surname is predominantly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the McFerrin surname are 11.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.99% registered with the political party.
The amount McFerrin earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.26% less than the national average, earning $42,174 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.89% less than the national average, earning $40,794 CAD per year.
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McFerrin 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 McFerrin
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