McIver Surname

46,962nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,032 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

McIver Surname Definition:

(Celtic + Teutonic) Son of Iver: v. Iver.

McIver Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,3621:49,2345,970
England1,5171:36,7294,807
Australia1,1011:24,5193,354
Canada1,0071:36,5894,657
Scotland5711:9,3761,328
New Zealand4491:10,0851,753
South Africa1421:381,53334,124
Northern Ireland891:20,7312,474
Bahamas491:7,995667
Ireland391:120,7426,025
Nigeria351:5,061,222131,727
Wales321:96,7047,743
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Malta41:107,5681,849
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
France21:33,211,361423,184
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1921:23,0722,569
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2,6711:1,401258
England5101:47,7955,894
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5391:32,6313,929

McIver (54) may also be a first name.

McIver Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic + Teutonic) Son of Iver: v. Iver.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) The on Of Ivar or Iver (archer).

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

McIver Last Name Facts

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

The last name McIver is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McIver? popularity and diffusion

McIver is the 46,962nd most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 660,582 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of McIver live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. McIver is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 54 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 7,362 people, or 1 in 49,234. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 16 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in 48 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

McIver Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McIver has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 478 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 297 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 79 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 80 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McIver Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McIver surname is predominantly Catholic (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McIver last name are 0.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.08% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount McIver earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.68% more than the national average, earning R 441,240 per year; in United States they earn 5.04% less than the national average, earning $40,976 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.38% more than the national average, earning $50,863 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacIver925,427/
McKiver92738/
Mchiver922/
McKeiver86448/
McKiever86238/
Mackiver8638/
Macaiver8617/
Macgiver863/
McEver83755/
Mcivir8317/
Mackgiver801/
McKever77493/
Mchivir7737/
Macaver7722/
Makiver778/
Mocivir771/
McKeever7112,142/
McKeaver7185/
Mocaiber7140/
Maccaver7111/
Maquiver7111/
Makaiver716/
Maskiver714/
MacKever713/
MacEever711/
MacKeever67106/
MacGeever6719/
Mackayver671/
Mayskiver671/

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McIver Reference & Research

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McIver FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to McIver
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