McGordon Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

McGordon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGordon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:9,796,187405,931
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

McGordon Last Name Facts

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

The surname McGordon is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of McGordon.

How Common Is The Last Name McGordon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,141,416th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name McGordon is primarily found in The Americas, where 97 percent of McGordon are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

McGordon is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 9,796,187. In The United States McGordon is mostly found in: Florida, where 32 percent live, Arizona, where 19 percent live and California, where 16 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

McGordon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McGordon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McGordon last name expanded 137 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McGordon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McGordon surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

McGordon earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.53% less than the national average, earning $42,488 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 McGordon
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