McPolland Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McPolland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McPolland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland241:184,5789,087
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland81:467,90212,875
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

McPolland Last Name Facts

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

The last name McPolland is found most frequently in Scotland. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of McPolland.

How Common Is The Last Name McPolland? popularity and diffusion

McPolland is the 4,116,508th most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of McPolland live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in British Isles.

McPolland is most numerous in Scotland, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 314,930. In Scotland it is most frequent in: South Lanarkshire, where 100 percent live. Other than Scotland this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 22 percent live and England, where 17 percent live.

McPolland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McPolland has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people carrying the McPolland last name rose 213 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McPolland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McPollan941/
McPoiland890/
McPolan881/
McPhelland840/
McPollon820/
McPolyan820/
McPheland780/
McPalan750/
McPattland740/
McPhalan710/

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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 McPolland
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