McGougan Surname

341,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,075 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McGougan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGougan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3971:912,99568,645
Scotland3231:16,5752,034
England2091:266,59421,098
Australia871:310,29526,919
Canada711:518,95243,932
New Zealand561:80,86311,672
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1551:24,1502,237
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

McGougan Last Name Facts

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

The surname McGougan is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McGougan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 341,576th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,779,112 people. McGougan is mostly found in Europe, where 51 percent of McGougan live; 51 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 397 people, or 1 in 912,995. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 30 percent are found, Maryland, where 12 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States McGougan is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 30 percent are found and England, where 19 percent are found.

McGougan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McGougan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McGougan surname increased 778 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 208 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 2,322 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McGougan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the McGougan surname is chiefly Presbyterian (89%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McGougan last name are 4.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.47% registered with the political party.

The amount McGougan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 16.63% less than the national average, earning $35,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.5% more than the national average, earning $50,924 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacGougan94180/
MacGugan8897/
MacCgugan823/
Maigougan821/
Magougang821/
Magogan800/
Magugan800/
Mogogane75113/
Mangugan7521/
Magoogan7519/
Magugane752/
Magaugane711/
Magoungin711/
Magogin674/
Magugam673/
Magagan672/
Mangayogan671/
Magungn671/
Magugin671/

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McGougan Reference & Research

McGugan FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 McGougan
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