Macauley Surname
Approximately 39,504 people bear this surname
Macauley Surname Definition:
There are two distinct septs of this name viz. Mac Amhalghaidh of Offaly and Westmeath, and Mac Amhlaoibh a branch of the MacGuires. The latter must not be confused with MacAuliffe, q.v. IF 50, 51; Map Wmea and Fer; Plate I
Read More About This SurnameMacauley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 28,024 | 1:253 | 43 |
| Nigeria | 3,246 | 1:54,573 | 4,150 |
| United States | 3,156 | 1:114,848 | 12,413 |
| England | 1,042 | 1:53,472 | 6,530 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Canada | 456 | 1:80,802 | 9,022 |
| Australia | 413 | 1:65,365 | 7,815 |
| Northern Ireland | 363 | 1:5,083 | 962 |
| Liberia | 191 | 1:23,081 | 2,280 |
| Ireland | 182 | 1:25,873 | 2,425 |
| Benin | 157 | 1:65,832 | 8,038 |
| South Africa | 120 | 1:451,481 | 38,064 |
| Scotland | 117 | 1:45,759 | 4,089 |
| Guinea | 115 | 1:102,903 | 852 |
| New Zealand | 91 | 1:49,762 | 8,043 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:128,939 | 9,528 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Senegal | 9 | 1:1,619,927 | 4,107 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 368 | 1:12,038 | 1,645 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 282 | 1:178,080 | 15,904 |
Macauley (1,820) may also be a first name.
Macauley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
There are two distinct septs of this name viz. Mac Amhalghaidh of Offaly and Westmeath, and Mac Amhlaoibh a branch of the MacGuires. The latter must not be confused with MacAuliffe, q.v. IF 50, 51; Map Wmea and Fer; Plate I
(Celtic+Scand.) Son of Olaf = Ancestral Relic [Gaelic Mac Amhlaidh or Amhlaoibh-mac, son; Old Norse Olaf-ái, great grandfather + leif, relic] (Celtic) Son of Aulay or Auley [Gaelic and Irish Mac Amhalghadha]
(Celtic+Scand.) Son of Olaf = Ancestral Relic (Celtic) Son of Aulay or Auley
“Son of Olaf” in Scots.
(Scottish, Irish) The son of Amlaib, a Scotch form of Olaf (ancestor’s relic); the son of Amhalghaidh, an ancient Irish personal name.
(Celtic.) The son of the rock.
User-submitted Reference
Derived from clan Aulay in modern-day Dumbartonshire. The original spelling comes from the old Irish first name Amalghaidh. However, there are some variants from the Outer Hebrides derived from Aula, the Norse king otherwise known as Olaf the Black.
- mcaulayd2Macauley Demographics
Average Male Macauley Height
176 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Macauley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macauley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Macauley is held by more people in Sierra Leone than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Macauley? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 14,104th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 184,476 people. The surname Macauley is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Macauley live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 178,925th most numerous first name internationally, held by 1,820 people.
Macauley is most frequently occurring in Sierra Leone, where it is carried by 28,024 people, or 1 in 253. Other than Sierra Leone it exists in 58 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Macauley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Macauley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Macauley surname grew 1,119 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 51 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Macauley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Macauley last name is chiefly Catholic (99%) in Ireland.
In The United States Macauley are 4.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.85% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Macauley earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.82% more than the national average, earning R 315,624 per year; in United States they earn 13.26% more than the national average, earning $48,870 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.4% less than the national average, earning $47,995 CAD per year.
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Macauley Reference & Research
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