McKerney Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

McKerney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKerney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:4,965,191254,179
England211:2,653,24194,788
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States891:564,25538,527

McKerney Last Name Facts

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

The surname McKerney is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McKerney? popularity and diffusion

The last name McKerney is the 1,849,867th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. McKerney occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of McKerney live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 4,965,191. In The United States McKerney is mostly found in: Washington, where 40 percent live, California, where 34 percent live and Alaska, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

McKerney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McKerney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McKerney surname fell 18 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 105 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McKerney Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McKerney surname are 31.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.57% being registered with the political party.

McKerney earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 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 McKerney
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