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The MCCOLGAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,162 21069 0 4
United States (1880 census) 70 40275 0 1
Change since 1880 +1092 +19206 +N/A +3
Other Countries
Australia 45 27783 0 3
United Kingdom 1,120 4796 0.002 24
Top States for MCCOLGAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 237 3434 0.004 37
Pennsylvania 159 8891 0.001 13
New Jersey 106 8749 0.001 13
California 95 22853 0.000 3
New York 86 20211 0.000 5
Top States for MCCOLGAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 237 3434 0.004 37
Delaware 15 8288 0.002 19
New Hampshire 17 8360 0.001 14
Pennsylvania 159 8891 0.001 13
New Jersey 106 8749 0.001 13

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

Classification and Origin of MCCOLGAN

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 MCCOLGAN 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 MCCOLGAN 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 MCCOLGAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 16 1.38
Asian/Pacific 15 1.29
White (Hispanic) 12 1.03
White (Caucasian) 1,115 95.96
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of MCCOLGAN in historical publications

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

Similar names to MCCOLGAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MCCOLGAN.

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 MCCOLGAN

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