McKennay Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

McKennay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKennay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia441:613,53943,545
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

McKennay Last Name Facts

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

McKennay is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of McKennay click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McKennay? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of McKennay reside; 100 percent reside in Australasia and 100 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

McKennay is most frequently used in Australia, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 613,539. In Australia McKennay is most numerous in: Western Australia, where 82 percent live, New South Wales, where 11 percent live and Queensland, where 7 percent live.

McKennay Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the McKennay last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 McKennay
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