McGauley is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Ireland. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: McGauley
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Scotland, Ireland
Meaning:

Lastname is a variant of the Cawley. See Calley - The Calleys of Wilts deduce from Norfolk. I find no locality so denominated, and the family may possibly spring from the Scottish M'Caulays.

The variant of McCauley. The son of Amlaib, a Scotch form of Olaf meaning "ancestor's reic"; the son of Amhalghaidh, an ancient Irish personal name.

A variant form of Cawley. One who came from Caughley, i.e., jackdaw wood meadow, in Shropshire.

McGauley is variation of Comley. Doubtless local, rather than personal.

How popular is McGauley?

McGauley is common in United States, England, Canada, Ireland.

McGauley is ranked 250617 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Mcgauleys plummeted by 15.4 per cent to 610 since 2000 and slipped by 6078 spots and ranked at 36630. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.15 79.75
Black 23.44 18.31
Hispanic or Latino 3.44 1.39
Others 1.48 0
McGauley is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 1959 people have been found who wears McGauley as their family name. McGauley have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of McGauley:
29,685 United States1,109
Countries with hundreds of McGauley:
15,468 England333
20,123 Canada178
2,522 Ireland171
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,732 Scotland70
39,018 Australia52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,365 Northern Ireland24
27,379 New Zealand13

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