McNughton Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McNughton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

McNughton Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

McNughton Last Name Facts

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

The surname McNughton is found most frequently in Scotland. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of McNughton click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McNughton? popularity and diffusion

The surname McNughton is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. McNughton occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of McNughton reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name McNughton is most prevalent in Scotland, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,676,908. In Scotland McNughton is most numerous in: City of Edinburgh, where 100 percent are found. Not including Scotland this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent are found and Canada, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McNoughton956/
McKnaughton901/
McNauhghton901/
McNughtan890/
MacNughtan842/
McNauvhton841/
McNaughtun840/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 McNughton
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