McHale Surname

38,119th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,806 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

McHale Surname Definition:

1 for Mac Cahill (Celtic) Son of Cathal: v. Cahill.

2 the Irish Mac Héil, said (as to the main name) to be of Anglo-Norman origin.

Dr. Mac Hale, Archbishop of Tuam, always spelt his name Machéil (Joyce).

McHale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,9841:40,3454,961
England3,8841:14,3462,117
Ireland1,6841:2,796515
Canada5601:65,7967,631
Scotland5321:10,0641,393
Australia2451:110,18712,273
Wales971:31,9023,216
Northern Ireland711:25,9862,864
Tanzania671:790,17342,439
New Zealand641:70,75510,593
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Thailand441:1,605,417210,847
France221:3,019,215204,848
Belgium221:522,57550,051
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Barbados91:31,9391,516
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
China31:455,773,85521,925
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Malta11:430,2723,380
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,8611:2,380446
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8221:29,6543,995
Scotland311:120,7495,564
Wales251:62,7373,061
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6621:30,2163,658

McHale (53) may also be a first name.

McHale Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

1 for Mac Cahill (Celtic) Son of Cathal: v. Cahill.

2 the Irish Mac Héil, said (as to the main name) to be of Anglo-Norman origin.

Dr. Mac Hale, Archbishop of Tuam, always spelt his name Machéil (Joyce).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Welsh, Irish) The son of Howel (eminent).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

McHale Last Name Facts

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

The surname McHale (Marathi: मचाले) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of McHale.

How Common Is The Last Name McHale? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 38,119th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 527,854 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of McHale reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 69 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 53 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 8,984 people, or 1 in 40,345. In The United States McHale is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 15 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 53 countries. It is also common in England, where 28 percent reside and Ireland, where 12 percent reside.

McHale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McHale has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 541 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 473 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 10 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,716 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 388 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McHale Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those bearing the McHale surname are 6.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.71% registered with the political party.

The amount McHale earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 23.54% less than the national average, earning R 181,692 per year; in United States they earn 13.99% more than the national average, earning $49,184 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.77% more than the national average, earning $53,049 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McHaley92179/
McHaile922/
McAle914/
McKale83591/
McCale83322/
McAlee83218/
McHael8358/
McHail8348/
McAyle830/
McKayle7789/
Mciheal773/
Mckaley771/
MacHiele71108/
McKaylee712/
McKail67388/
McCail6733/
Machielle675/
Mcihel673/
Mckael672/
McHeil672/
McKayl671/
McCael670/

McHale Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
McHale in the Marathi language
मचालेmacale50
मचलेmacale50

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McHale Reference & Research

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