McIldowney Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

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

McIldowney Surname Definition:

McILDOUNEY: (Gaelic.) From Mac, son, gille, a youth, and doinne, brownishness;—the son of the brown—haired youth.

McIldowney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland201:92,2525,957
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

McIldowney Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

McILDOUNEY: (Gaelic.) From Mac, son, gille, a youth, and doinne, brownishness;—the son of the brown—haired youth.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

McIldowney Last Name Facts

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

The last name McIldowney is found most frequently in Northern Ireland. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McIldowney? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of McIldowney reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname McIldowney is most common in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 92,252. In Northern Ireland it is most frequent in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Northern Ireland this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 43 percent live and Spain, where 5 percent live.

McIldowney Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McGildowney950/
McIlldowney950/
McGildowny900/
McLedowney900/
McKeldowney860/
McEldowny8413/
McEldowne840/
McEldowneh801/
McEldownie801/
McEldownay800/

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Footnotes

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