McGaffie Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

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

McGaffie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGaffie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1071:3,387,467192,132
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

McGaffie Last Name Facts

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

The surname McGaffie has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McGaffie? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,775,494th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of McGaffie live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 3,387,467. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 24 percent reside, Texas, where 14 percent reside and Washington, where 7 percent reside.

McGaffie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McGaffie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McGaffie last name expanded 261 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McGaffie Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the McGaffie surname are 35.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.89% registered with the political party.

McGaffie earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.19% less than the national average, earning $38,320 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 McGaffie
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