McAllistor Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

McAllistor Surname Definition:

MACALASTER, Macalester, Macalister, Macallaster, Macaluster, Maccalister: G MacAlasdair, 'son of Alexander,' which see. Ranald Makalestyr, who obtained a lease of lands in Arran, 1455, is afterwards referred to as Ranald Alexandri, Reginald McAlestir (or McAlestere, or McAlestre) (ER.

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McAllistor Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

McAllistor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACALASTER, Macalester, Macalister, Macallaster, Macaluster, Maccalister: G MacAlasdair, 'son of Alexander,' which see. Ranald Makalestyr, who obtained a lease of lands in Arran, 1455, is afterwards referred to as Ranald Alexandri, Reginald McAlestir (or McAlestere, or McAlestre) (ER., VI, p. 45, 47,328—329,419). Alexander Makalester appears in the Black Isle, 1500 (Rose, p. 169). John Makalester had a precept of remission in 1542 (RSS., II, 4454). Africk McQuhollastar is mentioned in a charter of wadset, 1571 (Scrymgeour Family Docs., p. 71), and Angus McAlester was a follower of Murdow McCloyd in the attack on the galley of the laird of Balcomie, 1600 (RPC., XIV. p. cxxiii). Ferquhar Mackallister in Dunzean Croy, 1603 (Rec. Inv., II, p. 6). In 1614 the earl of Dunfermline described one Ihone dow Mcalaster as "the greatest limmer and brokin man in all the north" (HP., III, p. 172). Mac 'Ic Alasdair is the patronymic of the chief of Glengarry. McAlestare 1540, Makaiester 1506, Makeallyster 1585, Makallastair 1576, M'Allester 1632, M'Alstar 1548, McAllestyr 1519, Mcillaistrie 1569, Makallestir 1524, McCalister 1682, McCallaster 1686; McAllestar, McAllestair, McAlestar.

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

The son of Alister, the Gaelic, for Alexander. Callester, in the Welsh, signifies a flint, figuratively, an invincible man. Galluster, in Cornish-British, expresses might, power.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

MACALASTER: Traced by the MS. of 1450 to Alaster, a son of Angus Mor, Lord of the Isles, A.D. 1284. Alaster is a Gaelic form of Alexander. Skene. B.L.G.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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McAllistor Demographics

McAllistor Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 8 (1901)

Religious Adherence
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McAllistor Last Name Facts

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

The surname McAllistor occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McAllistor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of McAllistor live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States McAllistor is most numerous in: Alabama, where 33 percent reside, Mississippi, where 33 percent reside and New York, where 33 percent reside.

McAllistor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McAllistor has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McAllistor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the McAllistor surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McAlistor953/
McCallistor951/
McCalistor902/
McAllestor900/
McCallistar860/
McAlistar848/
McAlestor840/
McKalistar801/
McAllestar800/
McColistor800/
McAleator740/
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