McGrath Surname

6,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82,035 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

McGrath Surname Definition:

(Irish) Descendant of MacRaith (son of grace or prosperity), the full form being a given name.

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McGrath Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States48,0311:7,546898
Australia17,4351:1,548182
Ireland13,0231:36248
England12,1691:4,579626
Canada8,1111:4,543641
Northern Ireland2,7801:664104
Scotland2,0571:2,603480
New Zealand1,6951:2,672380
Wales5891:5,254574
South Africa3901:138,91716,017
Thailand2041:346,26660,105
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Fiji1891:4,732899
Jamaica1691:16,9821,563
Spain1061:441,05723,230
France721:922,538106,020
Singapore561:98,3524,171
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
Jersey421:2,362396
Panama401:97,8063,773
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Cayman Islands341:1,879244
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Switzerland301:273,76422,252
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Mexico251:4,965,04829,049
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Italy211:2,912,22398,106
Isle of Man201:4,291899
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
United Arab Emirates151:610,81823,687
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Finland131:422,82327,659
Hong Kong121:611,2903,500
India121:63,922,115578,870
Austria111:774,13064,097
China111:124,301,9616,553
Japan101:12,784,42945,945
Norway101:514,22941,629
Bahamas91:43,528797
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Norfolk Island31:765177
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malta11:430,2723,380
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11,4401:38744
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,6631:9,1531,369
Scotland5381:6,958987
Wales611:25,7121,467
Jersey81:6,4851,119
Isle of Man71:7,753762
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,8241:4,247521

McGrath (130) may also be a first name.

McGrath Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Irish) Descendant of MacRaith (son of grace or prosperity), the full form being a given name.

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

(Celtic or Gaelic.) From Gradh, love, fondness, virtue, prosperity. Mac and rath, the son of prosperity.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

User-submitted Reference

First written as MacCraith in the Kingdom of Thomond located in northern Munster, Ireland. It derives from Mac or Mc meaning 'son of' and craith or grath meaning 'divinity' or 'grace'. The two origins create the eloquent amalgamation of 'son of grace'.

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McGrath Last Name Facts

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

McGrath (Hindi: मैक्ग्राथ) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McGrath? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,898th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 88,835 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of McGrath reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 814,623rd most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 130 people.

The surname McGrath is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 48,031 people, or 1 in 7,546. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 11 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Massachusetts, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 101 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 21 percent live and Ireland, where 16 percent live.

McGrath Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McGrath has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 406 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 114 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 457 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 382 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 966 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McGrath Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McGrath surname are 2.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.14% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McGrath earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.71% less than the national average, earning 298,632 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 79.26% more than the national average, earning R 426,000 per year; in United States they earn 13.77% more than the national average, earning $49,089 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.04% more than the national average, earning $50,695 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacGrath931,233/
MacGraith880/
Magrath862,314/
Mograth867/
Macgrat861/
Magraith8036/
Magrauth803/
Magrat7735/
Mograt772/
Maigrat71183/
Magreth71107/
Magrate7160/
Magreat7122/
Mangrat7118/
Makgrat7115/
Magraht7113/
Magratt712/
Maggrat712/
Meigrat711/
Maghrat711/
Mongrat711/
Magrith711/
Magraat710/
Magroth710/
Manggrat6738/
Magrethe6712/
Maungrat674/
Mangreat673/
Maghrith672/
Maingrat672/
Maggreth672/
Magridth672/
Magreate671/
Maggrate671/
Magratte671/

McGrath Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
McGrath in the Hindi language
मैक्ग्राथmaikgratha-

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McGrath Reference & Research

McGrath DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

McGrath FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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