McLeland Surname

438,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

McLeland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McLeland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7641:474,42340,290
England111:5,065,278148,650
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland181:207,9567,652
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1591:315,84124,783

McLeland Last Name Facts

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

McLeland is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McLeland? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 438,351st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 9,319,112 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of McLeland live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name McLeland is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 764 people, or 1 in 474,423. In The United States McLeland is most frequent in: Texas, where 15 percent live, Indiana, where 14 percent live and Iowa, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

McLeland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McLeland has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the McLeland last name increased 481 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 122 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McLeland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McLeland surname are 22.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.18% registered with the political party.

McLeland earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.16% less than the national average, earning $42,216 USD per year.

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McLeland Reference & Research

McClellan FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

McClellan FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 McLeland
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