MacCalmont Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

MacCalmont Surname Definition:

MacCalmont was listed in Petty's “census” of 1659 as one of the “principal Irish names” in the barony of Belfast; but that list includes several surnames such as Bell, Miller and Eccles which cannot be so described. MacCalmont is in fact of Scottish origin, being a sept of the clan Buchanan.

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MacCalmont Surname Distribution Map

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

MacCalmont Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MacCalmont was listed in Petty's “census” of 1659 as one of the “principal Irish names” in the barony of Belfast; but that list includes several surnames such as Bell, Miller and Eccles which cannot be so described. MacCalmont is in fact of Scottish origin, being a sept of the clan Buchanan. It has since its introduction into Ireland been continuously associated with Co. Antrim. Woulfe says that the Gaelic form Mac Calmáin is a variant of Mac Colmain, which would make it cognate with the Irish name Coleman (Irish Families p. 83): that could be so etymologically, but may be discounted genealogically.

— Supplement to Irish Families (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

A sept of the Scottish clan Buchanan; the name is fairly numerous in Co. Antrim since the seventeenth century. SIF 27

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght
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McCalmont95875/
MacCalmon955/
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MacCalman84172/
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