Mecredy Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Mecredy Surname Definition:
MACCREADIE, Maccreaddie, Maccredie: Variants of Machedie, which see. The name is found in Galloway, 1684 (Parish): McCreedie, McKredy, McRadie, McReadie, McReady, McReddie, McRedie, and shortened to Credie. Andrew M'Creddy was provost of Stranraer before the middle of the eighteenth century.
Read More About This SurnameMecredy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 115 | 1:3,151,817 | 182,069 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 25 | 1:177,195 | 8,871 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Mecredy Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
MACCREADIE, Maccreaddie, Maccredie: Variants of Machedie, which see. The name is found in Galloway, 1684 (Parish): McCreedie, McKredy, McRadie, McReadie, McReady, McReddie, McRedie, and shortened to Credie. Andrew M'Creddy was provost of Stranraer before the middle of the eighteenth century.
MACREDIE: (Ayrshire), Macreadie (Galloway), Macready, Maccredie. The Macredies of Peirceton, Ayrshire, ere originally from Ireland (in 1720) says Robertson (Ayr Fam., II, p. 70). The first of the family connected with Peirceton was Andrew Macredie, provost of Stranrawer, and originally from Ireland, who perchased the estate from Sir Robert Barclay, last of the family of Peirceton, in 1720 (ibid. ). Woulfe explains the name as MacRiada, 'son of Riada.'
= Mac Creadie, q.v.
Mecredy Demographics
Mecredy Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Mecredy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mecredy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mecredy is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mecredy.
How Common Is The Last Name Mecredy? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,263,456th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Mecredy live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname Mecredy is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 3,151,817. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 15 percent reside, Georgia, where 9 percent reside and Idaho, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 14 percent reside and New Zealand, where 10 percent reside.
Mecredy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mecredy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mecredy surname expanded 1,150 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 180 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mecredy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Anglican (80%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Mecredy last name are 7.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.85% registered with the political party.
The amount Mecredy earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.95% less than the national average, earning $41,443 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.86% more than the national average, earning $52,100 CAD per year.
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