McInroy Surname

354,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,026 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

McInroy Surname Definition:

MACINROY: Gaelic Mac Ian ruaidh, 'son of John Roy' (ruadh). Makeanroy 1556. The Macinroys were a sept of Clann Donnchaidh or Robertson.

McInroy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5731:632,56450,965
Canada4151:88,7859,791
Scotland2201:24,3362,683
England1431:389,63727,109
Australia901:299,95226,269
Guyana431:17,7262,302
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2541:14,7371,656
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

McInroy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACINROY: Gaelic Mac Ian ruaidh, 'son of John Roy' (ruadh). Makeanroy 1556. The Macinroys were a sept of Clann Donnchaidh or Robertson.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Celtic) Son of John the Red [Gaelic Mac Jan-ruaidh-mac, son of + Ian, John + ruaidh, genit. of ruadh, red]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

McInroy Last Name Facts

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

The surname McInroy occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McInroy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 354,583rd most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,102,871 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 101 percent of McInroy are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 573 people, or 1 in 632,564. In The United States McInroy is most prevalent in: Iowa, where 17 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 40 percent live and Scotland, where 21 percent live.

McInroy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McInroy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,102 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 13 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it increased 753 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McInroy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the McInroy surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McInroy last name are 24.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.55% registered to vote for the party.

The amount McInroy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.57% more than the national average, earning R 464,760 per year; in United States they earn 3.79% more than the national average, earning $44,786 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.58% less than the national average, earning $43,432 CAD per year.

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