McIlear Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McIlear Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McIlear Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland341:157,4659,168
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
England21:27,859,030389,889
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

McIlear Last Name Facts

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

McIlear is more frequently found in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McIlear? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,979,664th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of McIlear reside; 84 percent reside in Northern Europe and 84 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most numerous in Scotland, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 157,465. In Scotland it is most numerous in: Glasgow City, where 53 percent are found, North Lanarkshire, where 15 percent are found and East Dunbartonshire, where 9 percent are found. Other than Scotland this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 21 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

McIlear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McIlear has changed through the years. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name increased 850 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 McIlear
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