MacCreedy Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

MacCreedy Surname Definition:

MACCREADIE, Maccreaddie, Maccredie: Variants of Machedie, which see. The name is found in Galloway, 1684 (Parish): McCreedie, McKredy, McRadie, McReadie, McReady, McReddie, McRedie, and shortened to Credie. Andrew M'Creddy was provost of Stranraer before the middle of the eighteenth century.

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MacCreedy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:4,643,172139,951
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683

MacCreedy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACCREADIE, Maccreaddie, Maccredie: Variants of Machedie, which see. The name is found in Galloway, 1684 (Parish): McCreedie, McKredy, McRadie, McReadie, McReady, McReddie, McRedie, and shortened to Credie. Andrew M'Creddy was provost of Stranraer before the middle of the eighteenth century.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

MACREDIE: (Ayrshire), Macreadie (Galloway), Macready, Maccredie. The Macredies of Peirceton, Ayrshire, ere originally from Ireland (in 1720) says Robertson (Ayr Fam., II, p. 70). The first of the family connected with Peirceton was Andrew Macredie, provost of Stranrawer, and originally from Ireland, who perchased the estate from Sir Robert Barclay, last of the family of Peirceton, in 1720 (ibid. ). Woulfe explains the name as MacRiada, 'son of Riada.'

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Celtic + Teutonic) Son of Reddie, a diminutive of Redmond, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

MacCreedy Last Name Facts

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

The last name MacCreedy is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name MacCreedy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of MacCreedy reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname MacCreedy is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England MacCreedy is mostly concentrated in: Cumbria, where 67 percent reside and Greater Manchester, where 33 percent reside.

MacCreedy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the MacCreedy last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McCreedy941,244/
MacReedy944/
Maccredy941/
MacCready89453/
MacCretdy890/
MacRedy882/
McCready829,218/
MacReady82789/
MacRaedy820/
Mcredy802/
MacCredie785/
MacReaday781/
MacReeder781/
MacReaddy780/
McCrady751,925/
McReady75265/
Mecredy75182/
Maccreadie7449/
McCredie711,133/
Macredie71107/
Mecready7113/
MacRedis714/
Maicredi712/
McCreadie673,234/
MacReadie67280/
Makjreddy673/
MacKredis671/

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