Mcgwyer Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Mcgwyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mcgwyer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:2,932,529101,561
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Mcgwyer Last Name Facts

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

Mcgwyer is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mcgwyer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mcgwyer is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Mcgwyer is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Mcgwyer live; 86 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in British Isles.

Mcgwyer is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,932,529. In England Mcgwyer is most common in: Somerset, where 100 percent live. Outside of England this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live.

Mcgwyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mcgwyer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mcgwyer last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McGwier86104/
McGuayer800/
McWear771/
McWier770/
McGuier7179/
McWheir710/
McWyeht710/
McGueir710/
McGwuire671/
McWie670/

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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 Mcgwyer
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