McBride Surname
Approximately 100,091 people bear this surname
McBride Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 82,454 | 1:4,396 | 487 |
| England | 7,596 | 1:7,335 | 1,067 |
| Canada | 6,558 | 1:5,618 | 817 |
| Scotland | 4,477 | 1:1,196 | 198 |
| Australia | 4,165 | 1:6,482 | 954 |
| Northern Ireland | 3,644 | 1:506 | 68 |
| Ireland | 2,642 | 1:1,782 | 350 |
| New Zealand | 1,146 | 1:3,951 | 624 |
| South Africa | 667 | 1:81,226 | 10,025 |
| Thailand | 345 | 1:204,749 | 33,959 |
| Wales | 232 | 1:13,338 | 1,475 |
| Honduras | 201 | 1:43,863 | 1,188 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Bahamas | 139 | 1:2,818 | 369 |
| Germany | 70 | 1:1,150,078 | 75,714 |
| Japan | 60 | 1:2,130,738 | 28,607 |
| Spain | 55 | 1:850,037 | 34,138 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Netherlands | 30 | 1:562,906 | 50,501 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Philippines | 29 | 1:3,490,973 | 149,374 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Cyprus | 20 | 1:44,244 | 4,510 |
| Ecuador | 20 | 1:795,292 | 13,165 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:5,221 | 1,083 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Peru | 18 | 1:1,765,785 | 23,952 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Isle of Man | 14 | 1:6,130 | 1,329 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 12 | 1:113,665 | 7,200 |
| Belize | 11 | 1:32,316 | 2,112 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11 | 1:10,242 | 786 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Jamaica | 8 | 1:358,743 | 8,527 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| South Korea | 7 | 1:7,320,037 | 1,243 |
| Cook Islands | 6 | 1:3,030 | 708 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5,344 | 1:829 | 140 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2,375 | 1:1,576 | 289 |
| England | 1,173 | 1:20,780 | 2,938 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:71,292 | 3,399 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:7,412 | 1,296 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,395 | 1:3,063 | 353 |
McBride (174) may also be a first name.
McBride Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Son OF Brigit: v. Bridget.
(Irish) The son of the servant of St. Brigid.
The son of Bride (which see).
Contracted from Bridgetson, the Anglicised form of Mac Brighde. The original name was Mac Giolla Brighde, ‘Bridget’s Servant's Son', or Mael Brighde, 'Bridget’s Tonsured Servant, ’ St. Bridget, Abbess of Kildare, born about a.d, 450, was the most highly venerated of the Irish female saints, and, consequently, many were named after her.
'MAELBRIGHDE, son of Spealan, Lord of Conaill, ' A.D. 867.
On a cross at Kirk Michael we find Mailbrikti, 'Maelbrigd' ‘Giolla-brighde, son of Dubhdara, chief of Muintir Golais, was wounded' A.D. 1146.
The name Bridson appears to be peculiar to the Isle of Man.
User-submitted Reference
An Irish Gaelic surname, meaning 'son of St. Bridget'.
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McBride Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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McBride Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McBride Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname McBride is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McBride? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,650th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 72,809 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of McBride are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 692,220th most common given name throughout the world, borne by 174 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 82,454 people, or 1 in 4,396. In The United States McBride is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 105 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.
McBride Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of McBride has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McBride last name grew 503 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 648 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 51 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,055 percent between 1881 and 2014.
McBride Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the McBride surname is chiefly Catholic (58%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the McBride surname are 12.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.25% registered with the political party.
The amount McBride earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 58.69% more than the national average, earning 549,199 kr per year; in Peru they earn 86.75% more than the national average, earning S/. 36,202 per year; in South Africa they earn 46.1% more than the national average, earning R 347,196 per year; in United States they earn 2.39% less than the national average, earning $42,118 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.67% more than the national average, earning $52,995 CAD per year.
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McBride Reference & Research
McBride DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
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