McIlrae Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

McIlrae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McIlrae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England41:13,929,515290,718
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

McIlrae Last Name Facts

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

The last name McIlrae occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McIlrae? popularity and diffusion

The surname McIlrae is the 3,882,373rd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of McIlrae are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name McIlrae is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa McIlrae is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 65 percent reside and Western Cape, where 35 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 15 percent reside and England, where 15 percent reside.

McIlrae Last Name Statistics demography

McIlrae earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.33% less than the national average, earning R 34,860 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
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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 McIlrae
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