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The MCCAW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,301 12382 0.001 8
United States (1880 census) 72 38903 0 1
Change since 1880 +2229 +26521 +N/A +7
Other Countries
Australia 210 7210 0.001 13
United Kingdom 710 6849 0.002 15
Top States for MCCAW by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Illinois 240 5433 0.002 19
California 188 13234 0.001 6
Florida 156 11568 0.001 10
New York 141 13438 0.001 7
South Carolina 114 4249 0.003 28
Top States for MCCAW by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Iowa 88 4941 0.003 30
South Carolina 114 4249 0.003 28
Oregon 72 6045 0.002 21
Illinois 240 5433 0.002 19
Idaho 25 7156 0.002 19

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MCCAW live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MCCAW represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MCCAW in Illinois than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MCCAW by picking someone at random in Iowa than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MCCAW

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MCCAW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MCCAW surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MCCAW in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 214 9.3
Mixed Race 59 2.56
Asian/Pacific 48 2.09
White (Hispanic) 27 1.17
Native American/Alaskan 25 1.09
White (Caucasian) 1,928 83.79

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MCCAW surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MCCAW in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MCCAW.

Similar names to MCCAW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MCCAW.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MCCAW

The following words are slight variants of MCCAW that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.