McGill Surname

11,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48,388 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

McGill Surname Definition:

(Irish) The son of the foreigner; a shortened form of some surname commencing with MacGiolla (son of the servant of . . .).

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McGill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States36,5301:9,9221,199
England4,7961:11,6181,707
Canada3,7541:9,8151,471
Liberia3,3741:1,307182
Scotland3,3161:1,615291
Australia2,7021:9,9911,485
Ireland9261:5,085829
New Zealand8521:5,315861
Northern Ireland7321:2,521513
South Africa3371:160,76518,041
Jamaica2121:13,5371,343
Wales1901:16,2871,760
Thailand1251:565,10796,458
United Arab Emirates311:295,55719,854
Switzerland271:304,18224,091
Falkland Islands221:14216
Norway211:244,87126,357
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
France161:4,151,420237,746
Panama151:260,8176,584
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
India91:85,229,487684,495
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Trinidad and Tobago71:194,8549,403
China71:195,331,65210,124
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland8731:5,074853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2,7381:1,367249
England9241:26,3803,621
Wales331:47,5282,451
Jersey51:10,3761,795
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,7571:7,432942

McGill (300) may also be a first name.

McGill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Irish) The son of the foreigner; a shortened form of some surname commencing with MacGiolla (son of the servant of . . .).

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

Contracted from Giolla, or Guilley, a ‘Young Man' (see Mylchreest, Killey), are almost certainly the same name originally, the former being the earlier form. They are now used indiscriminately. It is, how­ever, quite possible that Gell is a distinct name and of Scandinavian origin. Gell is common in the Landnáma- bóc.

After King Magnus Barfod fell in battle in Ulster, in a. d, 1103.

'An Irishman named Harald Gille came forward and passed himself off for a son of that Monarch by an Irishwoman; and, after proving his descent by walking over a red-hot iron, actually became King of Norway.’ Gill was Prior of Furness in a.d. 1134; and a man of the same name was evidently an important chief in Man in the same year, as his signature was necessary to the validity of King Olaf's charter in that year. The Rev. John Quine points out that in a note to the British Museum MS. of the abbey boundaries the property of Ballagilley, now belonging to King William’s College, is called Balygil, and that it is not improbable that it was then the property of this man.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

User-submitted Reference

A Scottish and Irish surname, from the Anglicisation of the Gaelic, Macan Ghoill, meaning 'son of the stranger'.

- joseph.mcgill

McGill Last Name Facts

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

McGill (Marathi: माँगील) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of McGill.

How Common Is The Last Name McGill? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,609th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 150,606 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of McGill are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 508,767th most numerous first name globally, held by 300 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 36,530 people, or 1 in 9,922. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 8 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 84 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

McGill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McGill has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McGill last name expanded 541 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 519 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 121 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 106 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 576 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McGill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McGill last name is chiefly Catholic (89%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McGill last name are 13.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.95% being registered with the party.

The amount McGill earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 206.68% more than the national average, earning 1,061,370 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 97.44% more than the national average, earning R 469,200 per year; in United States they earn 3.56% less than the national average, earning $41,611 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.12% more than the national average, earning $51,234 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacGill921,006/
McGil9150/
MacGuill8632/
Magill8314,914/
McGall83438/
Mogill83110/
McGail8334/
MacGil834/
Mcgell832/
McJill832/
Makgill77130/
MacGilp77115/
Maguill7726/
Mangill774/
MacJill773/
Maghill772/
Moghill771/
McGaile771/
Maugill771/
Mongill771/
Maygill770/
Maggill770/
Magcill770/
Magsill770/
Mogil73421/
Magil73380/
Magll733/
McGel733/
Mogll731/
Mongiell711/
Mangil67581/
Meygil67318/
Mongil67277/
Moguil6774/
Magiel6768/
Mogell6767/
Maguil6743/
Magell6741/
Maigil6721/
Maghil6710/
Maggil675/
Mogiel672/
McGeel671/
Moogil671/
Moccil671/
Mogsil671/
Macxil671/

McGill Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
McGill in the Marathi language
माँगीलmamgila-

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McGill Reference & Research

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