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 occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McIver? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 46,962nd most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 660,582 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of McIver are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,350,955th most common given name globally, held by 54 people.

The surname McIver is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 7,362 people, or 1 in 49,234. In The United States McIver is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 16 percent are found, Texas, where 10 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 48 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

McIver Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

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

McIver Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the McIver last name are 0.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.08% registered with the political 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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