McPeherson Surname

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

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

McPeherson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McPeherson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

McPeherson Last Name Facts

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

McPeherson is most common in The United States. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McPeherson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of McPeherson reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

McPeherson is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States McPeherson is most numerous in: New Mexico, where 33 percent reside, New York, where 33 percent reside and Texas, where 33 percent reside. Excluding The United States McPeherson exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent reside.

McPeherson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McPeherson has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 McPeherson
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