McNeight Surname

978,274th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 264 people bear this surname

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

McNeight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McNeight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1571:2,308,656143,524
Australia621:435,41534,362
England381:1,466,26563,675
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland851:52,1164,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland191:197,0117,414
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

McNeight Last Name Facts

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

The last name McNeight is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of McNeight click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McNeight? popularity and diffusion

The surname McNeight is the 978,274th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of McNeight reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 2,308,656. In The United States McNeight is most frequent in: New York, where 39 percent reside, Florida, where 11 percent reside and Georgia, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 23 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

McNeight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McNeight has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 7,850 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McNeight Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McNeight last name is primarily Presbyterian (45%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McNeight last name are 17.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.52% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount McNeight earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.4% more than the national average, earning $45,910 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.87% more than the national average, earning $55,083 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McKneight9418/
McNaight8813/
McCnight881/
McNeught881/
McNighte880/
McKknight823/
McKnights823/
McCknight822/
McKnigjht822/
McKnightt821/
Mkcknight821/
Mknight804/
McNeige802/
Mcnaght801/
D'Mcknight781/
McNought759/
Mknights751/
McKnought7114/
McKnoughs590/
McNeecd531/

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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 McNeight
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