McCreedy Surname

304,532nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,244 people bear this surname

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

McCreedy Surname Definition:

MACCREADIE, Maccreaddie, Maccredie: Variants of Machedie, which see. The name is found in Galloway, 1684 (Parish): McCreedie, McKredy, McRadie, McReadie, McReady, McReddie, McRedie, and shortened to Credie. Andrew M'Creddy was provost of Stranraer before the middle of the eighteenth century.

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McCreedy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8991:403,18035,223
England2201:253,26420,438
Northern Ireland1041:17,7412,266
Canada831:443,92338,562
South Africa781:694,58649,962
New Zealand641:70,75510,593
Australia341:793,99150,673
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Wales131:238,04114,239
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3501:12,6571,705
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England561:435,27425,262
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2951:170,23315,362

McCreedy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACCREADIE, Maccreaddie, Maccredie: Variants of Machedie, which see. The name is found in Galloway, 1684 (Parish): McCreedie, McKredy, McRadie, McReadie, McReady, McReddie, McRedie, and shortened to Credie. Andrew M'Creddy was provost of Stranraer before the middle of the eighteenth century.

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

MACREDIE: (Ayrshire), Macreadie (Galloway), Macready, Maccredie. The Macredies of Peirceton, Ayrshire, ere originally from Ireland (in 1720) says Robertson (Ayr Fam., II, p. 70). The first of the family connected with Peirceton was Andrew Macredie, provost of Stranrawer, and originally from Ireland, who perchased the estate from Sir Robert Barclay, last of the family of Peirceton, in 1720 (ibid. ). Woulfe explains the name as MacRiada, 'son of Riada.'

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

(Celtic + Teutonic) Son of Reddie, a diminutive of Redmond, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

McCreedy Last Name Facts

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

McCreedy is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCreedy? popularity and diffusion

The surname McCreedy is the 304,532nd most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,858,156 people. McCreedy occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of McCreedy live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 899 people, or 1 in 403,180. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 17 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 8 percent are found.

McCreedy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCreedy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McCreedy last name increased 305 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 393 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 100 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McCreedy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (44%) in Ireland.

In The United States McCreedy are 2.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.91% registered to vote for the party.

The amount McCreedy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 120.48% more than the national average, earning R 523,944 per year; in United States they earn 13.45% more than the national average, earning $48,951 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.77% more than the national average, earning $54,536 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacCreedy9412/
McCready889,218/
MacReedy884/
Maccredy881/
Mcredy862/
MacCready82453/
MacCretdy820/
McCrady801,925/
McReady80265/
MacRedy802/
McCredie751,133/
MacReady75789/
McCreadie713,234/
MacCredie715/
MacReeder711/
MacReaday711/
MacReaddy710/
Maccreadie6749/

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