McLare Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McLare Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McLare Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland211:254,94412,577
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

McLare Last Name Facts

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

The last name McLare is most common in Scotland. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McLare? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of McLare live; 84 percent live in Northern Europe and 84 percent live in British Isles.

The surname McLare is most common in Scotland, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 254,944. In Scotland it is most frequent in: South Lanarkshire, where 95 percent are found and East Ayrshire, where 5 percent are found. Beside Scotland this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 44 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.

McLare Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McLare has changed through the years. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McLare Last Name Statistics demography

The amount McLare earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 51.14% less than the national average, earning R 116,100 per year and in United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McClare92241/
Mclaire9215/
McClaire86111/
McLair8334/
McLaury77479/
McClair77356/
McLaura771/
McClairy7110/
Maclier6224/
Moclier620/
Mouclier57332/

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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 McLare
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