McGahay Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
McGahay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
McGahay Demographics
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McGahay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McGahay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname McGahay is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McGahay? popularity and diffusion
The surname McGahay is the 3,543,123rd most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of McGahay live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname McGahay is most common in The United States, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 11,692,224. In The United States it is primarily found in: South Carolina, where 23 percent live, Massachusetts, where 13 percent live and Illinois, where 10 percent live.
McGahay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of McGahay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McGahay surname grew 517 percent between 1880 and 2014.
McGahay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States McGahay are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.
McGahay earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.52% more than the national average, earning $49,844 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 McGahay
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