McCleverty Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

McCleverty Surname Definition:

MACLAVERTY, Maclafferty, Maclardie, Maclardy, Maclarty, Macleverty, Macclacharty: (this last a Galwegian spelling). The authors of The Clan Donald tell us in grandiloquent language that "The progenitor of the family from whom they take their name was known as 'Fear Labhairt an Righ,' or the King's Speaker, who received this disanction from the circumstance of his being employed by the King of the Isles as special ambassador to hostile tribes at feud with that potentate The office" they add, "appears to have become hereditary in the family" (Clan Donald, III, p.

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McCleverty Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia561:482,06636,890
England301:1,857,26974,552
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Ireland131:362,22614,761
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Wales91:343,83718,086
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
England161:1,523,46151,234
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

McCleverty Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACLAVERTY, Maclafferty, Maclardie, Maclardy, Maclarty, Macleverty, Macclacharty: (this last a Galwegian spelling). The authors of The Clan Donald tell us in grandiloquent language that "The progenitor of the family from whom they take their name was known as 'Fear Labhairt an Righ,' or the King's Speaker, who received this disanction from the circumstance of his being employed by the King of the Isles as special ambassador to hostile tribes at feud with that potentate The office" they add, "appears to have become hereditary in the family" (Clan Donald, III, p. 550). The proper Gaelic form of the name is, of course, MacFhlaithbheartaich (with omission of Fh due to aspiration), 'son of the dominion bearing' or 'ruler.' The name is the same as the common Irish Flaithbheartach, now Flaherty, a name which occurs frequently in the Annals of the Four Masters and elsewhere. As an adjective modern Irish flaithbheartach has the meaning of generous, hospitable (Dinneen). Flaithbertach princeps (superior) Duinchaillden died in 872 (AU.), and Flaithbheartach ua Flaithbheartaigh was slain in 1133, a not uncommon ending for Gaels in the Middle Ages. The authors of The Clan Donald also state, without offering any proof of their assertion, that the Maclavertys "are descended from the Family of the Isles (i.e. the Macdonalds), and had their original habitat in Kintyre. They broke out early from the main stem, and claim descent from the founder of the Monastery of Saddell." The earliest of the name however in Scottish record is John M'Claffirdy, who filled the subordinate position of tenant under the Douglases in the lands of Mikilbrekauch in the barony of Ruitde, 1376 (RHM., I, p. Ix). John Macgillecrist Maklafferdich was one of those included in the remission granted Sir John Campbell of Cawdor and others in 1524 for the burning of the lands of Colonsay and the murder of Lachlan Maclean of Dowart in Edinbergh (Cawdor, p. 147). Gilcrist Malaverty held the lands of Langulchulchoich in Bute, 1540 (RSS., II, 3704). Alexander McLartvch of Gartcharran is recorded in 1609 (Poltalloch Writs, p. 135), Archibald M'Clertie was one of M'Nachtane's soldiers shipped at Lochkerran in 1627 (Archaeologia Scotica, III, p. 254), Dowgall McLairtie held a six-shilling land in Islay, 1686 (Bk. Islay, p. 518), Donald Roy M'Clorty is in Lergihony, parish of Craignish, 1686 (Argyll), and Angus M'Clairtick of Gartcharran, parish of Craig nish, is in record, 1693 (Argyll Inv.). Alexander M'Laertike is in record in Dimnamuke, 1672 (HP., II, p. 207), John M'Laertich was a merchant in Kilchoan, 1713; and Mrs. MacClarty has been immortalized in Mrs. Hamilton's The Cottagers of Glenburnie, first published in 1808. The Maclartys gave name to Eilean Mhic Labhartaich or MacLarty's Island (opposite Gartcharran) and to Sgeir Dubh Mhic Labhartaich or MacLarty's Black Rock (MacDougall, Craignish tales, p. 39). McClairty 1684, McLartie 1655.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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McCleverty Religious Adherence
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Sample size: 8 (1901)

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McCleverty Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCleverty occurs most in Australia. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCleverty? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,736,881st most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of McCleverty live; 50 percent live in Australasia and 50 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name McCleverty is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 482,066. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 93 percent reside and New South Wales, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Australia McCleverty occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 27 percent reside and Canada, where 20 percent reside.

McCleverty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCleverty has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the McCleverty surname grew 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 320 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 163 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McCleverty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (88%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McCleverty last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount McCleverty earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.99% less than the national average, earning $44,722 CAD per year.

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McLeverty950/
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McClaverty906/
McLeaverty900/
McLaverty84251/
McLiverty84102/
Mclyverty842/
McLoverty840/
Mcliberty7439/
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