McGathy Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

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

McGathy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGathy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2091:1,734,253114,535
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

McGathy Last Name Facts

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

McGathy is most common in The United States. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McGathy? popularity and diffusion

The surname McGathy is the 1,148,257th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. McGathy is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of McGathy live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name McGathy is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 1,734,253. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Arkansas, where 14 percent live, North Carolina, where 11 percent live and Michigan, where 8 percent live.

McGathy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McGathy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McGathy last name grew 565 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McGathy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the McGathy surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.

McGathy earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.22% less than the national average, earning $37,013 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 McGathy
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