McClatchy Surname

495,028th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 667 people bear this surname

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

McClatchy Surname Definition:

MACLATCHIE, Maclatchy, Macletchie, Macclatchie, Macclatchy: MIr. Mac Gilla Eidich, 'son of Eidich's gillie.' There is a Mac Gilla Eidich in AU. (s.a. 1197). Surnames recorded in Ayrshire and Galloway. George McClechie was the king's sergeant within the sheriffdom of Arne, 1519 (Ros).

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McClatchy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6361:569,90446,784
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland241:184,5789,087
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1221:411,62930,405

McClatchy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACLATCHIE, Maclatchy, Macletchie, Macclatchie, Macclatchy: MIr. Mac Gilla Eidich, 'son of Eidich's gillie.' There is a Mac Gilla Eidich in AU. (s.a. 1197). Surnames recorded in Ayrshire and Galloway. George McClechie was the king's sergeant within the sheriffdom of Arne, 1519 (Ros). John M'Cletchie appears in Ayr, 1656 (Ayr, p. 197). George M'Clatchy, a native of Ireland, joined the Church of Scotland in 1840, and died in London, 1857 (Fasti). Thomas M'Clatchie, missionary in China, in latter half of nineteenth century, was apperently living in 1876, and Thomas Russell Hillier MacClatchie, of H. M. Consular Service and member of the Asiatic Society of Japan, who died in 1886, may have been his son.

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

McClatchy Last Name Facts

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

The surname McClatchy is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McClatchy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 495,028th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 10,925,856 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of McClatchy are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 636 people, or 1 in 569,904. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 29 percent reside, Mississippi, where 7 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent reside and New Zealand, where 2 percent reside.

McClatchy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McClatchy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McClatchy surname increased 521 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McClatchy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McClatchy surname is predominantly Anglican (38%) in Ireland.

In The United States McClatchy are 32.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 79.49% registered to vote for the party.

McClatchy earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.51% more than the national average, earning $50,706 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McClatchey951,257/
MacClatchey908/
McClathchey902/
MacLatchy8997/
MacLatchey842/
Maclichy711/
McLetchie67285/
Maklache59139/
Moklatsy594/
Macloche591/
Moklachi591/
Mouklachi561/
Mokhlachi561/
Moklaci5018/
MacLoce508/

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