Mcgalpine Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Mcgalpine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mcgalpine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland71:764,83125,488
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mcgalpine Last Name Facts

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

Mcgalpine is held by more people in Scotland than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mcgalpine? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 114 percent of Mcgalpine are found; 114 percent are found in Northern Europe and 114 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly used in Scotland, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 764,831. In Scotland it is primarily concentrated in: West Dunbartonshire, where 86 percent reside and City of Edinburgh, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Scotland this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 86 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Mcgalpine Last Name Statistics demography

Mcgalpine earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.18% more than the national average, earning R 316,488 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McAlpines892/
McAllpine892/
McAalpine890/
McCalphine844/
McCalpines841/
McAlpini821/
McGolphin781/
McColpine780/
Mgolphin711/
Mcalpyni711/

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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 Mcgalpine
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