McMaw Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

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

McMaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McMaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland1041:17,7412,266
England231:2,422,52489,093
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland491:90,4056,033
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

McMaw Last Name Facts

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

The surname McMaw occurs more in Northern Ireland more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McMaw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 109 percent of McMaw are found; 103 percent are found in Northern Europe and 103 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently used in Northern Ireland, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 17,741. In Northern Ireland McMaw is mostly concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Not including Northern Ireland it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

McMaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McMaw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McMaw surname contracted 33 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McMaw Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (51%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mackmaw8320/
McMaaow831/
McMeaws831/
McMahaw830/
McMow8017/
McMew803/
McMav801/
McMab801/
McMaph7311/
MacMow734/
McMaff730/
Mughmaw6747/
Maghmaw672/
McCamew671/
Muchmow670/
Maigamaw625/
McMoff551/

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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 McMaw
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