McKelar Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

McKelar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKelar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

McKelar Last Name Facts

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

The surname McKelar is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McKelar? popularity and diffusion

The surname McKelar is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. McKelar is predominantly found in The Americas, where 133 percent of McKelar reside; 133 percent reside in North America and 133 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname McKelar is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is mostly found in: Arkansas, where 33 percent live and Ohio, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 33 percent live.

McKelar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McKelar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 McKelar
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