McSorley Surname

109,544th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McSorley Surname Definition:

(Scottish, Irish) The son of Somhairle (viking or sailor, or summer wanderer).

McSorley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5441:142,47614,776
England8931:62,3947,342
Northern Ireland6801:2,713552
Scotland6121:8,7481,268
Canada3691:99,85310,844
Ireland1531:30,7772,695
Australia1381:195,62119,280
New Zealand341:133,18615,994
Wales261:119,0209,008
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
China21:683,660,78330,601
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
France11:66,422,722504,397
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5661:7,8271,196
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland641:58,4883,746
England251:975,01539,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5141:97,7029,938

McSorley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scottish, Irish) The son of Somhairle (viking or sailor, or summer wanderer).

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

McSorley Last Name Facts

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

The surname McSorley is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of McSorley.

How Common Is The Last Name McSorley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 109,544th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,715,524 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of McSorley reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,544 people, or 1 in 142,476. In The United States it is mostly found in: New Jersey, where 9 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also common in England, where 21 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 16 percent are found.

McSorley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McSorley has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 495 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 3,572 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 956 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 73 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McSorley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (94%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McSorley last name are 3.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.6% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount McSorley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 274.76% more than the national average, earning R 890,580 per year; in United States they earn 12.72% more than the national average, earning $48,637 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.88% more than the national average, earning $52,107 CAD per year.

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