McLavey Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

McLavey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McLavey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1081:3,356,101190,802
England201:2,785,90397,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

McLavey Last Name Facts

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

The last name McLavey is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McLavey? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,589,322nd most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of McLavey reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 84 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 3,356,101. In The United States it is primarily found in: Colorado, where 37 percent live, Washington, where 24 percent live and New Hampshire, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live.

McLavey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McLavey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McLavey surname expanded 771 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 182 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McLavey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McLavey surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McLavey last name are 22.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.23% registered with the political party.

McLavey earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.92% less than the national average, earning $40,596 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
  • 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 McLavey
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