McIllduff Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

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

McIllduff 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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McIllduff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

McIllduff 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)

Mac Giolla Dhuibh This is sometimes contracted to Duff in Co. Tyrone. Map Cavan

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

McIllduff Demographics

McIllduff Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 8 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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McIllduff Last Name Facts

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

The last name McIllduff is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McIllduff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 14,316,765th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. McIllduff is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of McIllduff live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 362,458,933. In The United States McIllduff is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 100 percent live.

McIllduff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McIllduff last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McKillduff950/
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