McVail Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
McVail Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 23 | 1:162,749 | 6,621 |
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
McVail Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McVail Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McVail has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name McVail? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of McVail are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States McVail is most numerous in: New Jersey, where 29 percent are found, Michigan, where 14 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 14 percent are found. Excluding The United States McVail is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 13 percent are found and Scotland, where 13 percent are found.
McVail Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of McVail has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McVail surname decreased 65 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| McVhail | 92 | 1 | / |
| McVaile | 92 | 0 | / |
| McVaill | 92 | 0 | / |
| McVeal | 83 | 5 | / |
| McVale | 83 | 5 | / |
| McVall | 83 | 2 | / |
| McBail | 83 | 0 | / |
| McVael | 83 | 0 | / |
| McViel | 83 | 0 | / |
| McVeil | 83 | 0 | / |
| Mcbasil | 77 | 1 | / |
| McVeale | 77 | 0 | / |
| McVeill | 77 | 0 | / |
| McVhale | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mchbal | 67 | 136 | / |
| Mcbeal | 67 | 47 | / |
| McBall | 67 | 30 | / |
| McWall | 67 | 14 | / |
| McWeil | 67 | 4 | / |
| McBale | 67 | 1 | / |
| McBeil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mswail | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mjvale | 67 | 1 | / |
| McVeel | 67 | 0 | / |
| Måsøval | 62 | 74 | / |
| McHwale | 62 | 1 | / |
| McVelle | 62 | 0 | / |
| McVeele | 62 | 0 | / |
| McBuill | 62 | 0 | / |
| Mzwayile | 57 | 3 | / |
| McBittel | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mqbal | 55 | 2 | / |
| Mjwal | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mqubal | 50 | 5 | / |
| Mzwile | 50 | 2 | / |
| McBoyl | 50 | 0 | / |
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McVail Reference & Research
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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 McVail
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis