McGenness Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

McGenness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGenness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

McGenness Last Name Facts

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

McGenness is found most in The United States. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McGenness? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of McGenness are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is primarily found in: Virginia, where 50 percent are found, Arkansas, where 25 percent are found and Connecticut, where 25 percent are found.

McGenness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McGenness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McGenness last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McGenness Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the McGenness surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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 McGenness
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