McFerrin Surname

209,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,978 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

McFerrin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McFerrin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9581:185,11718,453
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3591:139,88513,187

McFerrin (12) may also be a first name.

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacFerrin9428/
McFerran881,360/
McFerren881,292/
McFern8677/
MacFerren8267/
McFarren751,316/
McPherren71191/
McFaran670/
Magfirin6312/
McPheran630/
Mogforn531/

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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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