MacClure Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
MacClure Surname Definition:
Gaelic M'Ill'uidhir, 'son of Odhar's servant.' A common surname in Galloway of old as it is to-day. John McLur, Robert McLure, and Robert McClure, followers of the earl of Cassilis, were respited for murder, 1526 (RSS,, I, 3386), and Tho.
Read More About This SurnameMacClure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 72 | 1:62,893 | 9,679 |
| United States | 68 | 1:5,330,278 | 267,385 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
MacClure Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Gaelic M'Ill'uidhir, 'son of Odhar's servant.' A common surname in Galloway of old as it is to-day. John McLur, Robert McLure, and Robert McClure, followers of the earl of Cassilis, were respited for murder, 1526 (RSS,, I, 3386), and Tho. Maklure was sergeant of assize in Carrick, 1532 (RMS., III, 1196). Johnne McLoir signed the Band of Dumfries, 1570 (RPC., XIV, p. 67). Andrew McLuir in Bugane and three others of the name were charged with assault, 1607 (ibid., p. 518), and Fergus McLur in Craigfine was charged with usury, 1617 (ibid., XI, p. 142). Gilleane Maclloure was bowman to the laird of Parbrek, 1618 (ibid., p. 464), and John M'Clour appears in Apyn, 1664 (Dunblane). Elizabeth M'Cloor or M'Clwre is in record in Barley, Galloway, 1684, and as Elizabeth M'Whore (1) in Barley, she and Mary M'Whore were sentenced to be banished to the plantations for resetting of rebels and other offences in the same year (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 257,604, 615). Andrew McKluire in the parish of Carsfern was reckoned a disorderly person (i.e. a nonconformist) in the same year (ibid., IX, p. 578). William MacClure (1763-1840), born in Ayr, was called "Father of American geology." There are a number of families in Sleat named in English Maclure, but whose name is spelled in Gaelic M'Leora (for MacGille dhedradha), a side form of Dewar, which see. The earliest documentary evidence of a clan piper is a reference to Robert MacLure, piper to the chief of the Buchanans, in 1600, who got into trouble a few years later as appears from the Stirling Kirk-Session Register, under May 28th, 1604. McCluir and McCluire 1684, Makcluir 1637. See also Macalear.
MacClure in Ulster is mainly Scottish, except when it occurs as the anglicized form of Mac Giolla Uidhir in Oriel. MIF 59
(Scottish) The son of the servant of Odhar.
MacClure Demographics
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MacClure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name MacClure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname MacClure is found most frequently in New Zealand. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name MacClure? popularity and diffusion
MacClure is the 1,058,336th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of MacClure live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name MacClure is most numerous in New Zealand, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 62,893. In New Zealand MacClure is primarily concentrated in: Canterbury Region, where 36 percent are found, Auckland Region, where 28 percent are found and Northland Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account New Zealand it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 18 percent are found.
MacClure Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of MacClure has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the MacClure surname expanded 486 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
MacClure Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the MacClure last name is principally Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States MacClure are 34.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80.95% registered with the political party.
The amount MacClure earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 11.61% less than the national average, earning $38,140 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.5% less than the national average, earning $43,475 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacCllure | 94 | 1 | / |
| McClure | 93 | 72,251 | / |
| MacLure | 93 | 1,277 | / |
| Macloure | 88 | 1 | / |
| McLure | 86 | 1,615 | / |
| McClur | 86 | 14 | / |
| MacLaurie | 82 | 5 | / |
| MacClorey | 82 | 1 | / |
| Macleur | 80 | 25 | / |
| McClura | 80 | 6 | / |
| Maxlure | 80 | 1 | / |
| MacClurich | 78 | 0 | / |
| MacLaury | 75 | 156 | / |
| Maclaura | 75 | 2 | / |
| Macleury | 75 | 1 | / |
| Macleuri | 75 | 1 | / |
| MacClory | 75 | 0 | / |
| Maklur | 71 | 47 | / |
| McLore | 71 | 17 | / |
| Maclor | 71 | 11 | / |
| McLaury | 67 | 479 | / |
| Makluri | 67 | 5 | / |
| Maklore | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maklour | 67 | 1 | / |
| McLaura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makhlur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meclury | 67 | 0 | / |
| Makklyur | 63 | 5 | / |
| MacGilluray | 63 | 2 | / |
| Makhlour | 63 | 1 | / |
| Maiklore | 63 | 1 | / |
| MacGilliuray | 60 | 4 | / |
| Makhlauri | 59 | 26 | / |
| Maqlor | 57 | 1 | / |
| Makloor | 53 | 60 | / |
| Maklori | 53 | 5 | / |
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