McGonagall Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McGonagall Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGonagall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland261:205,91610,908
England31:18,572,686338,250
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

McGonagall Last Name Facts

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

The last name McGonagall occurs most in Scotland. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of McGonagall.

How Common Is The Last Name McGonagall? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. McGonagall occurs predominantly in Europe, where 119 percent of McGonagall reside; 112 percent reside in Northern Europe and 112 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most prevalent in Scotland, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 205,916. In Scotland McGonagall is mostly found in: Angus, where 27 percent live, Moray, where 19 percent live and Argyll and Bute, where 15 percent live. Beside Scotland this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent live and Russia, where 12 percent live.

McGonagall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McGonagall has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McGonagal957/
McGonagale904/
McGunagall900/
McGonegall900/
McGoneagal900/
McGunnagall861/
McGonnagale860/
McGunagal841/
McGonnegal800/
McGonagole800/
McGenegal740/

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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 McGonagall
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