McGilivary Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
McGilivary Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
McGilivary Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McGilivary Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McGilivary is found most in Scotland. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McGilivary? popularity and diffusion
The last name McGilivary is the 5,812,366th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of McGilivary live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.
This surname is most frequently held in Scotland, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 764,831. In Scotland McGilivary is mostly found in: West Lothian, where 71 percent live, Glasgow City, where 14 percent live and Perth and Kinross, where 14 percent live. Excluding Scotland this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 45 percent live and Wales, where 36 percent live.
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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 McGilivary
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