Mc Surname

187,580th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mc Surname Definition:

All Mc names are listed as if spelled Mac.

Mc Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India9961:770,14634,907
Malawi8631:19,8373,086
Paraguay1251:57,8941,606
Northern Ireland931:19,8392,413
Nigeria451:3,936,506111,794
Canada391:944,75971,777
Namibia271:89,2378,105
Croatia181:234,92226,068
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
England11:55,718,059489,080
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
American Samoa11:55,7583,072

Mc (20,029) may also be a first name.

Mc Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

All Mc names are listed as if spelled Mac.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Mc Last Name Facts

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

Mc (Hindi: एमसी) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mc.

How Common Is The Last Name Mc? popularity and diffusion

It is the 187,580th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,231,728 people. The surname Mc occurs predominantly in Asia, where 45 percent of Mc live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 44 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Mc is also the 37,746th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 20,029 people.

The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 996 people, or 1 in 770,146. In India it is most numerous in: Kerala, where 34 percent reside, Mizoram, where 19 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent reside. Other than India it exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 38 percent reside and Paraguay, where 6 percent reside.

Mc Last Name Statistics demography

Mc earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 9.78% less than the national average, earning $44,825 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Mtc80438/
Hmc8065/
Mmc8063/
Mhc8013/
Mzc8012/
Mgc8011/
Mcq809/
Mdc809/
Mcz807/
Mqc805/
Mcc803/
Mkc802/
Mcs802/
Mạc801/
M'C801/
Mhct677/
Hmch674/
Mckz673/
Hmcs672/
Mscs672/
Mqkc672/
Mcsz672/
Mmct672/
Mhsc672/
Hmck672/
Hmkc672/
Hmcg672/
Hhmc671/
Hmct671/
Hmcq671/
Mhqc671/
Mhcx671/
Mhcs671/
Mhci671/
Mhch671/
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Mzsc671/
Mcgh671/
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Mtcs671/
Mckp671/
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Mcpf671/
Mcch671/
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Mc Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mc in the Hindi language
एमसीemasi-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mc
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