McKillop Surname

98,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,834 people bear this surname

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

McKillop Surname Definition:

(Celtic + Greek) Son of Philip, q.v.

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McKillop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0581:176,12217,670
Canada1,1441:32,2084,182
Scotland9981:5,365897
Australia8171:33,0424,367
England7321:76,1188,615
Northern Ireland3441:5,3631,008
New Zealand2211:20,4903,596
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Ireland231:204,7368,142
Switzerland211:391,09129,271
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Wales81:386,81619,671
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
France81:8,302,840321,660
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Samoa41:48,452659
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
China21:683,660,78330,601
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3701:11,9731,637
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,0361:3,613594
England941:259,31218,589
Wales41:392,10412,338
Jersey41:12,9712,116
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2531:198,49317,293

McKillop Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic + Greek) Son of Philip, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Contracted from MacPhilip, ‘Philip's Son'.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

Contracted from MacPhilip, ‘Philip's Son'.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

User-submitted Reference

(Scottish + Greek) The song of Philip; with Philip coming from the Greek name Filippos/Philippos meaning lover of horses.

- dinn315

(Gaelic + Greek) The son of the lover of horses

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McKillop Last Name Facts

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

McKillop is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McKillop? popularity and diffusion

It is the 98,105th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,507,560 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of McKillop reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 2,058 people, or 1 in 176,122. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 13 percent are found, Washington, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States it occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 24 percent are found and Scotland, where 21 percent are found.

McKillop Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McKillop has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McKillop surname grew 813 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 4 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 779 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McKillop Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (76%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McKillop surname are 3.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.56% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McKillop earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 155.44% more than the national average, earning R 607,020 per year; in United States they earn 6.11% more than the national average, earning $45,787 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.94% more than the national average, earning $51,146 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacKillop941,156/
Makillop882/
MacKllop882/
MacIllop881/
MacKillob823/
Maklop718/
Macklob672/
Mackclob632/
Maklap57295/
Maklov5796/
Maclov5710/
Maklob575/
Maclob572/
Makhlov53105/
Makhlyopova534/
Makloob531/
Makklap531/
Mocklab531/
Makhloub501/

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