McGaughy Surname
Approximately 1,689 people bear this surname
McGaughy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,688 | 1:214,727 | 20,930 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 14 | 1:316,419 | 12,423 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 341 | 1:147,269 | 13,727 |
McGaughy Demographics
Average Male McGaughy Height
175.67 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
McGaughy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McGaughy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McGaughy is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name McGaughy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 237,619th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,314,710 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of McGaughy live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,688 people, or 1 in 214,727. In The United States McGaughy is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 20 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Mississippi, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Georgia, where 0 percent are found and Hong Kong, where 0 percent are found.
McGaughy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of McGaughy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 495 percent between 1880 and 2014.
McGaughy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the McGaughy last name is primarily Catholic (64%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the McGaughy last name are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.08% registered with the party.
McGaughy earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.82% less than the national average, earning $42,365 USD per year.
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McGaughy Reference & Research
McGaughey/McGaha FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
McGaughey/McGaha FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 McGaughy
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis