McBride Surname

5,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100,091 people bear this surname

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

McBride Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Son OF Brigit: v. Bridget.

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McBride Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States82,4541:4,396487
England7,5961:7,3351,067
Canada6,5581:5,618817
Scotland4,4771:1,196198
Australia4,1651:6,482954
Northern Ireland3,6441:50668
Ireland2,6421:1,782350
New Zealand1,1461:3,951624
South Africa6671:81,22610,025
Thailand3451:204,74933,959
Wales2321:13,3381,475
Honduras2011:43,8631,188
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Bahamas1391:2,818369
Germany701:1,150,07875,714
Japan601:2,130,73828,607
Spain551:850,03734,138
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Philippines291:3,490,973149,374
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
Cyprus201:44,2444,510
Ecuador201:795,29213,165
Jersey191:5,2211,083
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Peru181:1,765,78523,952
China171:80,430,6804,441
Norway171:302,48730,120
France151:4,428,181244,602
Isle of Man141:6,1301,329
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Trinidad and Tobago121:113,6657,200
Belize111:32,3162,112
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines111:10,242786
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Jamaica81:358,7438,527
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
South Korea71:7,320,0371,243
Cook Islands61:3,030708
Panama61:652,04310,051
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Malta41:107,5681,849
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Northern Cyprus21:159,5069,062
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Barbados11:287,4482,772
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominica11:75,891912
East Timor11:1,215,928507
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5,3441:829140
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2,3751:1,576289
England1,1731:20,7802,938
Wales221:71,2923,399
Jersey71:7,4121,296
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States16,3951:3,063353

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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) The son of the servant of St. Brigid.

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

The son of Bride (which see).

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

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.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

User-submitted Reference

An Irish Gaelic surname, meaning 'son of St. Bridget'.

- clodaghmcbride

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

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McBride FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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