McGinley Surname

37,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,902 people bear this surname

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

McGinley Surname Definition:

(Celtic) 1 an aspirated form of Mac Finley: v. Finlay.

2 for Mac Kinley, q.v.

McGinley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,9311:36,4984,528
Ireland1,8931:2,488468
England1,6141:34,5224,565
Scotland1,4971:3,576629
Northern Ireland9101:2,028414
Australia7431:36,3334,779
Canada4041:91,20210,011
New Zealand831:54,5588,669
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Wales331:93,7747,567
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Cyprus51:176,9758,389
France41:16,605,680368,153
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2,1261:2,084399
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1421:26,3612,369
England671:363,81122,769
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0161:24,9103,092

McGinley (18) may also be a first name.

McGinley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) 1 an aspirated form of Mac Finley: v. Finlay.

2 for Mac Kinley, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) The son of Fionnghal (fair valor).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Probably contracted from Mac Cinfaolaidh, 'Cin- faoladh’s Son, ' a name which may be translated ‘Wolf- head’ (cean, ‘head’; faol, ‘wolf'). McBain, however, derives Mac Kinlay from Mac Fhion-nlaigh, which he thinks is from fionnlaoch, 'fair hero'.

'The first year of Ceannfaoladh, son of Blathmac, in the Sovereignty of Ireland, a.d. 670.’

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

McGinley Last Name Facts

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

The last name McGinley is found most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McGinley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 37,884th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 524,208 people. The last name McGinley occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of McGinley reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America. McGinley is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 18 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 9,931 people, or 1 in 36,498. In The United States McGinley is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 19 percent reside, New York, where 7 percent reside and New Jersey, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States it occurs in 54 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 14 percent reside and England, where 12 percent reside.

McGinley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McGinley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McGinley surname grew 493 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 11 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it grew 2,409 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,054 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,650 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McGinley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McGinley last name is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States McGinley are 9.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.34% registered with the party.

The amount McGinley earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.24% more than the national average, earning 357,293 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 41.02% more than the national average, earning R 335,112 per year; in United States they earn 8.72% more than the national average, earning $46,910 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.08% more than the national average, earning $54,196 CAD per year.

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