McLough Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Ireland

McLough Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McLough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

McLough Last Name Facts

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

The last name McLough is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of McLough click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McLough? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of McLough reside; 71 percent reside in Northern Europe and 71 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England McLough is most common in: West Yorkshire, where 75 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 25 percent live. Outside of England this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 43 percent live and Ireland, where 14 percent live.

McLough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McLough has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the McLough surname increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it decreased 81 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McLough Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

McLough earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 43.7% less than the national average, earning $24,292 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
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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 McLough
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