McPherso Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

McPherso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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McPherso 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
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896

McPherso Last Name Facts

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

McPherso occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McPherso? popularity and diffusion

The last name McPherso is the 6,063,924th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. McPherso occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 110 percent of McPherso live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname McPherso is most common in The United States, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States it is most numerous in: Missouri, where 70 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Maine, where 10 percent live. Other than The United States it is found in one country. It is also found in Jamaica, where 10 percent live.

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
MacPherso942/
McPhearso941/
McPhers934/
MacHpherso891/
MacPhers881/
McPhersy880/
McPherse880/
Macpherzo8220/
McPhearse821/
McPheress820/
McChivers710/
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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 McPherso
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