McKings Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

McKings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

McKings Last Name Facts

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

McKings has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of McKings.

How Common Is The Last Name McKings? popularity and diffusion

The surname McKings is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. McKings occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of McKings reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria McKings is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 71 percent are found and Cross River, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found.

McKings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McKings has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 50 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
  • 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 McKings
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