McNabb Surname

33,297th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,952 people bear this surname

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

McNabb Surname Definition:

(Celtic+ Latin-Greek-Syr.) Son of THE Abbot [Gaelic Mac-an-Aba - mac, son+an, of the+aba(dh, genit. of ab, abbot-Latin abbas, Greek άββάς, Syr. abbá, a father] Cp. Mac Cabe.

Abair tri uairean Mac-an-Aba gun do chab a dhùnadh (Say three times Mac Nab(b without shutting your mouth).

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McNabb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,5021:26,8453,364
Canada2,7781:13,2631,957
Australia1,0061:26,8353,650
New Zealand7701:5,881972
England5691:97,92310,380
Northern Ireland3071:6,0101,095
Ireland1481:31,8172,743
South Africa841:644,97347,754
Jamaica541:53,1473,020
Wales531:58,3875,284
Scotland491:109,2627,254
Guyana141:54,4444,775
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
China21:683,660,78330,601
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2531:17,5092,133
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1091:223,62717,016
Scotland881:42,5373,150
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5711:31,9663,846

McNabb (12) may also be a first name.

McNabb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic+ Latin-Greek-Syr.) Son of THE Abbot [Gaelic Mac-an-Aba - mac, son+an, of the+aba(dh, genit. of ab, abbot-Latin abbas, Greek άββάς, Syr. abbá, a father] Cp. Mac Cabe.

Abair tri uairean Mac-an-Aba gun do chab a dhùnadh (Say three times Mac Nab(b without shutting your mouth).—St. Columbus’s Conundrums.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) The son of the Abbot.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

McNabb Last Name Facts

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

McNabb is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McNabb? popularity and diffusion

The surname McNabb is the 33,297th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 456,842 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of McNabb are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 87 percent are found in Anglo-North America. McNabb is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name in the world, held by 12 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 13,502 people, or 1 in 26,845. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, Tennessee, where 10 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States it is found in 50 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 17 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.

McNabb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McNabb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McNabb surname rose 859 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 522 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 42 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McNabb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (59%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McNabb surname are 20.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.48% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McNabb earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 5.36% less than the national average, earning R 224,892 per year; in United States they earn 3.21% less than the national average, earning $41,762 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.46% less than the national average, earning $47,963 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McNab918,195/
MacNab833,154/
MacNabd772/
McNap731/
Maknab673/
MacNeb671/
Macnap671/
Macknapp5719/
Mashknab571/
Macnev5021/
Macněv503/
Macnov501/
MacNop501/

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McNabb Reference & Research

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