McGaughay Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
McGaughay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 36 | 1:148,717 | 8,826 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
McGaughay Demographics
Average McGaughay Salary in
Scotland
£39,050
Per year
Average Salary in
Scotland
£27,018
Per year
McGaughay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McGaughay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McGaughay has its highest incidence in Scotland. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McGaughay? popularity and diffusion
The surname McGaughay is the 2,689,253rd most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of McGaughay reside; 88 percent reside in Northern Europe and 88 percent reside in British Isles.
The last name is most common in Scotland, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 148,717. In Scotland it is most frequent in: Fife, where 33 percent are found, West Lothian, where 31 percent are found and North Lanarkshire, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Scotland this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.
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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 McGaughay
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