McKenry Surname

725,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

McKenry Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKenry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2031:1,785,512117,316
Australia981:275,46624,785
England851:655,50738,035
Wales141:221,03813,576
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States591:851,16452,255

McKenry Last Name Facts

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

The surname McKenry is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McKenry? popularity and diffusion

The surname McKenry is the 725,073rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 18,173,431 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of McKenry live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 203 people, or 1 in 1,785,512. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 26 percent are found, Tennessee, where 13 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 24 percent are found and England, where 21 percent are found.

McKenry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McKenry has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McKenry last name increased 344 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 8,500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 50 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McKenry Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the McKenry surname is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McKenry last name are 16.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.16% registered with the party.

McKenry earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.17% more than the national average, earning $43,652 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McEnry9247/
MacKenrey880/
MacKenroy880/
McEnroy8670/
MacHenry80157/
Makkenry801/
McEnri7714/
Mackenrie759/
MacKinray750/
McInroy711,026/
MacEnri7147/
Macinroy6729/
Maskenri674/
Moknri621/

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McKenry Reference & Research

McHenry 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

  • 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 McKenry
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