McLaven Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

McLaven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McLaven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:2,228,72284,230
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

McLaven Last Name Facts

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

The last name McLaven is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McLaven? popularity and diffusion

The last name McLaven is the 3,798,600th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of McLaven live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 93 percent live in British Isles.

McLaven is most numerous in England, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,228,722. In England it is most frequent in: Shropshire, where 24 percent reside, Northamptonshire, where 20 percent reside and West Midlands, where 16 percent reside. Beside England this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 56 percent reside and Hong Kong, where 7 percent reside.

McLaven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McLaven has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the McLaven surname grew 357 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McLaven Last Name Statistics demography

McLaven earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 6.01% more than the national average, earning $52,670 CAD 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 McLaven
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