MacIntire Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
MacIntire Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Son of the Carpenter [Gaelic and Irish Mac-an-t-shaoir] The Gaelic and Irish word for Carpenter (nom. case) is saor or saer; s does not appear in Macintyre because, according to Gaelic phonetics, when a noun beginning with s is preceded by the article the s is eclipsed when the noun is nominative fem.
Read More About This SurnameMacIntire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 436 | 1:831,328 | 63,652 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 127 | 1:395,423 | 29,402 |
MacIntire Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Son of the Carpenter [Gaelic and Irish Mac-an-t-shaoir] The Gaelic and Irish word for Carpenter (nom. case) is saor or saer; s does not appear in Macintyre because, according to Gaelic phonetics, when a noun beginning with s is preceded by the article the s is eclipsed when the noun is nominative fem., genitive masc., or (generally) dative masc, and fem. Each eclipsable consonant has its own eclipsing letter; that of s is t.
Cp. Mactaggart = The Priest’s Son.
McINTYRE: (Gaelic.) The son of Kintyre;—a promontory, or headland, from Cean, head, and tir, land. Also the son of the carpenter.
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MacIntire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name MacIntire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name MacIntire occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name MacIntire? popularity and diffusion
The surname MacIntire is the 643,972nd most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. The last name MacIntire occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of MacIntire are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 436 people, or 1 in 831,328. In The United States MacIntire is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 14 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
MacIntire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of MacIntire has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the MacIntire surname expanded 343 percent between 1880 and 2014.
MacIntire Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the MacIntire last name are 10.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.53% registered with the party.
The amount MacIntire earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.31% more than the national average, earning $44,147 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.81% less than the national average, earning $40,338 CAD per year.
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MacIntire Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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