McGaughie Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
McGaughie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
McGaughie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McGaughie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McGaughie is more commonly found in Scotland than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name McGaughie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of McGaughie live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in British Isles.
The last name is most frequent in Scotland, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,070,763. In Scotland it is mostly concentrated in: Dumfries and Galloway, where 60 percent reside, East Dunbartonshire, where 20 percent reside and East Renfrewshire, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Scotland this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent reside.
McGaughie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of McGaughie has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people bearing the McGaughie last name increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 McGaughie
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