McKearns Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McKearns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKearns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

McKearns Last Name Facts

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

The surname McKearns occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McKearns? popularity and diffusion

The last name McKearns is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of McKearns reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 67 percent live and Ohio, where 33 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 25 percent live.

McKearns Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McKearns has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McKearns surname fell 85 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McKearns Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the McKearns surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

McKearns earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.9% more than the national average, earning $58,208 USD 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
  • 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 McKearns
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