McIntyre Surname

6,250th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90,585 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McIntyre Surname Definition:

(Scottish) The son of the carpenter or worker in wood.

McIntyre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States57,8531:6,265728
Canada13,1711:2,797346
Australia12,3681:2,183282
England9,6591:5,769825
Scotland7,5431:71093
New Zealand2,6861:1,686210
Northern Ireland1,8851:979193
Ireland1,6961:2,776508
South Africa1,3001:41,6755,338
Jamaica1,1881:2,416378
Trinidad and Tobago3221:4,236698
Wales3041:10,1791,126
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Grenada1391:781161
Guyana1331:5,731993
Thailand1301:543,37293,529
France1111:598,40379,437
Singapore1031:53,4732,131
Argentina931:459,60734,406
Panama771:50,8092,460
Spain591:792,40732,853
Japan521:2,458,54430,480
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
Netherlands451:375,27140,838
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Philippines341:2,977,595140,497
Mauritius331:39,1947,252
Brazil321:6,689,823158,565
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Malaysia291:1,017,04245,504
Chile271:652,46215,367
Norway251:205,69123,411
Cayman Islands241:2,662342
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
India161:47,941,586492,263
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Jersey151:6,6131,336
El Salvador111:576,7173,120
Hong Kong111:666,8623,581
Oman101:368,7975,193
Austria91:946,15970,786
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Belize81:44,4342,498
China81:170,915,1968,932
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Dominica51:15,178463
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Malta41:107,5681,849
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
San Marino11:33,214932
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,9411:2,282431
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland9,8751:37958
England2,2261:10,9501,676
Wales401:39,2102,093
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,5931:5,844729

The alternate forms: Mcíntyre (1) are calculated separately.

McIntyre (271) may also be a first name.

McIntyre Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scottish) The son of the carpenter or worker in wood.

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

McINTYRE: (Gaelic.) The son of Kintyre;—a promontory, or headland, from Cean, head, and tir, land. Also the son of the carpenter.

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

McIntyre Last Name Facts

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

The last name McIntyre (Oriya: ମାକିନଟାୟାର) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Mcíntyre. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McIntyre? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,250th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 80,450 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of McIntyre live; 73 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 540,009th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 271 people.

The surname McIntyre is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 57,853 people, or 1 in 6,265. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 6 percent reside and New York, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 107 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 15 percent reside and Australia, where 14 percent reside.

McIntyre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McIntyre has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 673 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 434 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 24 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 13 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 760 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McIntyre Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McIntyre surname is primarily Catholic (58%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McIntyre surname are 11.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.57% being registered with the political party.

The amount McIntyre earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 80.89% more than the national average, earning 626,022 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.01% more than the national average, earning R 346,980 per year; in United States they earn 0.82% more than the national average, earning $43,504 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.52% more than the national average, earning $49,941 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

McIntyre Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
McIntyre in the Oriya language
ମାକିନଟାୟାରmakinatayara50
ମାକିନଟାୟରmakinatayara50

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McIntyre Reference & Research

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