McBain Surname

81,142nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,991 people bear this surname

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

McBain Surname Definition:

MACBAIN, Macvain: Gaelic Mac a' ghille bhain. Patrick M'Vaine in Tullich and John M'Vaine in Teray were Glenurquhay vassals in 1638 (BBT., p. 399). Alexander Macbain (1855—1907) was one of Scotland's foremost Celtic scholars. The names axe sometimes confused with Macbean.

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McBain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0831:174,00817,498
Australia1,3451:20,0712,782
Scotland1,3341:4,013697
Canada1,3031:28,2783,733
England1,0081:55,2766,715
New Zealand1701:26,6374,667
South Africa1531:354,10332,399
Trinidad and Tobago371:36,8643,590
Grenada261:4,174559
Wales221:140,66110,115
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Norway71:734,61250,907
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
China31:455,773,85521,925
Falkland Islands31:1,044221
France31:22,140,907385,998
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,2291:3,046518
England1191:204,83516,153
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3971:126,49512,200

McBain (29) may also be a first name.

McBain Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACBAIN, Macvain: Gaelic Mac a' ghille bhain. Patrick M'Vaine in Tullich and John M'Vaine in Teray were Glenurquhay vassals in 1638 (BBT., p. 399). Alexander Macbain (1855—1907) was one of Scotland's foremost Celtic scholars. The names axe sometimes confused with Macbean.

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

(Celtic) 1 Son of Bain, q.v.

2 for Mac Bean, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The son of Bain. Bean or Ban, white, Donald Bean, Donald the white.

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

McBain Last Name Facts

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

The last name McBain occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McBain? popularity and diffusion

The surname McBain is the 81,142nd most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,216,416 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of McBain are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 29 people.

McBain is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 2,083 people, or 1 in 174,008. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 14 percent live, Michigan, where 9 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States it occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 22 percent live and Scotland, where 22 percent live.

McBain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McBain has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McBain surname expanded 525 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 109 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 847 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 60 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McBain Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McBain surname is predominantly Presbyterian (90%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McBain surname are 8.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.31% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McBain earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.58% more than the national average, earning R 395,868 per year; in United States they earn 13.27% more than the national average, earning $48,874 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.3% more than the national average, earning $51,819 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McBaine9297/
McBan912/
Mcbin911/
McBean833,723/
McBane83683/
McBien833/
McBayne7767/
McBen7311/
McBon731/
Mongbain711/
McBeen6735/
Magban6715/
Magvin676/
Mongbaian675/
Magbin671/

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