McGunness Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

McGunness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGunness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

McGunness Last Name Facts

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

The surname McGunness is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McGunness? popularity and diffusion

The surname McGunness is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of McGunness live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles.

The last name McGunness is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States McGunness is most frequent in: California, where 20 percent are found, New Mexico, where 20 percent are found and New York, where 20 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 40 percent are found and Ireland, where 10 percent are found.

McGunness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McGunness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McGunness last name fell 55 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McGunness Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (71%) in Ireland.

McGunness earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $44,458 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
  • 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 McGunness
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