McLoskey Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

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

McLoskey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McLoskey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:5,753,316282,354
England211:2,653,24194,788
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland731:60,6834,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland81:467,90212,875
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

McLoskey Last Name Facts

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

The last name McLoskey occurs most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McLoskey? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,755,741st most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 68 percent of McLoskey live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name McLoskey is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 5,753,316. In The United States McLoskey is mostly found in: Michigan, where 32 percent are found, California, where 22 percent are found and Florida, where 10 percent are found. Excluding The United States it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent are found and Scotland, where 17 percent are found.

McLoskey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McLoskey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McLoskey surname expanded 154 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,050 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 225 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McLoskey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the McLoskey last name is primarily Catholic (78%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McLoskey surname are 11.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.29% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McLoskey earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.16% less than the national average, earning R 123,180 per year; in United States they earn 39.11% more than the national average, earning $60,026 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.79% less than the national average, earning $39,850 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 McLoskey
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