McGoveney Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

McGoveney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGoveney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

McGoveney Last Name Facts

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

McGoveney is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McGoveney? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of McGoveney live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England McGoveney is most common in: Greater London, where 100 percent reside. Excluding England McGoveney is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent reside.

McGoveney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McGoveney has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McGoveney last name decreased 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McGoveney Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

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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 McGoveney
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