McSheaffrey Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McSheaffrey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McSheaffrey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland391:137,2778,372
England91:6,190,895170,599
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225

McSheaffrey Last Name Facts

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

The surname McSheaffrey is most common in Scotland. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McSheaffrey? popularity and diffusion

The surname McSheaffrey is the 2,776,799th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of McSheaffrey live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most numerous in Scotland, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 137,277. In Scotland McSheaffrey is primarily concentrated in: West Dunbartonshire, where 33 percent reside, City of Edinburgh, where 23 percent reside and Argyll and Bute, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Scotland this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent reside and Hong Kong, where 2 percent reside.

McSheaffrey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McSheaffrey has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people carrying the McSheaffrey surname expanded 650 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 McSheaffrey
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis