McElduff Surname

692,305th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 427 people bear this surname

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

McElduff Surname Definition:

MACILDUF: Gaelic Mac Gille dhuidh, 'son of Dubh,' which see. David de Innerlunan, with the will and consent of Gillicrist Macgilliduffi, granted the monks of Beauly all his lands of Ouchter-Tarradale, 1275 (Beauly, p. 60). Gilbert Mc ilduf held a tenement in Dumfries, 1461 (Edgar, p.

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McElduff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3381:1,072,36478,128
Northern Ireland1411:13,0851,887
England691:807,50843,459
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland801:55,3734,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:1,024,87160,160

McElduff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACILDUF: Gaelic Mac Gille dhuidh, 'son of Dubh,' which see. David de Innerlunan, with the will and consent of Gillicrist Macgilliduffi, granted the monks of Beauly all his lands of Ouchter-Tarradale, 1275 (Beauly, p. 60). Gilbert Mc ilduf held a tenement in Dumfries, 1461 (Edgar, p. 226). Three individuals named Meikilduff were residents in the parish of Buittle, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. IX, 570), and John McKleduffe and Margaret is wife were listed as papists in the parish of Urr, 1705 (MCM., III, p. 413). The name is also recorded in Galloway in 1684 as M'llduff, Mickellduff, and M'Malduff (Parish).

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

McElduff Last Name Facts

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

The surname McElduff is most common in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McElduff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 692,305th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. McElduff occurs mostly in The Americas, where 79 percent of McElduff live; 79 percent live in North America and 79 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 338 people, or 1 in 1,072,364. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 30 percent reside, Missouri, where 8 percent reside and New Jersey, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 33 percent reside and England, where 16 percent reside.

McElduff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McElduff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McElduff surname expanded 690 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 81 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McElduff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the McElduff last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McElduff last name are 5.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.44% registered to vote for the party.

McElduff earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.95% less than the national average, earning $42,740 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacKelduff891/
McIlduff88309/
McIllduff821/
MacKilduff780/
Mosleyduff671/

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