McGerald Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

McGerald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGerald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States751:4,832,786249,377
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
France11:66,422,722504,397
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

McGerald (73) may also be a first name.

McGerald Last Name Facts

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

McGerald occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McGerald? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,185,341st most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname McGerald is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of McGerald are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 73 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 4,832,786. In The United States McGerald is most prevalent in: New York, where 27 percent are found, Connecticut, where 12 percent are found and Florida, where 12 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

McGerald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McGerald has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the McGerald surname grew 375 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McGerald Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McGerald last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McGerald last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

McGerald earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.26% more than the national average, earning $50,166 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 McGerald
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