MacCathail Surname

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

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

MacCathail Surname Definition:

MACCATHAIL: 'son of Cathal,' which see. Payment of cheese to Gilmor Mc Kathail in Tarbert, 1326 (ER., I, p. 55). Pronounced Mackail, and in old records the name often occurs as McCail. See under MaCall.

MacCathail Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

MacCathail Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACCATHAIL: 'son of Cathal,' which see. Payment of cheese to Gilmor Mc Kathail in Tarbert, 1326 (ER., I, p. 55). Pronounced Mackail, and in old records the name often occurs as McCail. See under MaCall.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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MacCathail Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name MacCathail Come From? nationality or country of origin

MacCathail is most common in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name MacCathail? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,742,229th most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of MacCathail are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 362,458,933. Excluding The United States it occurs in one country. It is also found in Wales, where 50 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Makatasil741/
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