McPhail Surname

42,076th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

McPhail Surname Definition:

(Celtic+Latin) Son of Paul, q.v. [Gaelic Mac Phail, genit. of Pàl]

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McPhail Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,5191:48,2065,841
Canada2,4721:14,9052,183
Australia1,6031:16,8412,369
Scotland1,5831:3,382595
England1,0921:51,0246,309
New Zealand5461:8,2941,412
South Africa2101:257,98926,009
Grenada341:3,192489
Venezuela311:974,32514,902
Jamaica311:92,5794,005
Ireland311:151,9016,891
Wales301:103,1518,167
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
Bermuda151:4,352690
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
France51:13,284,544357,392
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland381:116,5756,975
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3,0161:1,241219
England2341:104,16810,414
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0841:46,3275,336

McPhail (12) may also be a first name.

McPhail Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic+Latin) Son of Paul, q.v. [Gaelic Mac Phail, genit. of Pàl]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) The son of Paul (small).

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

User-submitted Reference

The Surname is Scottish Gaelic in origin, its meaning is 'son of Paul', it first appears in Scottish history in connection with a pirate in the 1300s. The McPhails were part of the clan Chattan confederation and their ancestral lands were close to Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.

- macsporan

McPhail Last Name Facts

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

The surname McPhail is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of McPhail click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McPhail? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 42,076th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 587,043 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of McPhail reside; 81 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent given name internationally, borne by 12 people.

McPhail is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 7,519 people, or 1 in 48,206. In The United States McPhail is primarily found in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, North Carolina, where 9 percent reside and Mississippi, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name is found in 49 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 20 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

McPhail Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McPhail has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 694 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 48 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 467 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 18 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 3,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McPhail Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Anglican (61%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McPhail surname are 3.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.44% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McPhail earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 118.17% more than the national average, earning R 518,460 per year; in United States they earn 0.85% more than the national average, earning $43,515 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.16% more than the national average, earning $51,750 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacPhail935,544/
Mcphil9222/
McPhaul861,544/
McPhill8610/
MacPhil867/
Mcphile861/
MacPhaille827/
Macphall8017/
MacPhaul8011/
MacPhale802/
MacPheil802/
MacPhill801/
MacFail7111/
MacPheld671/
MacPhele671/
McFall6211,742/
McFaul621,971/
MacFal624/
Makfil623/
Mcfill622/
Macfil621/
McFoil620/
Mockfeasil590/
MacFall57235/
MacFaul5717/
Macfale574/
Macfill571/
Macfild571/
Mackfall5388/
Makfaiil534/
MacFaull533/

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