McKitrick Surname
Approximately 1,493 people bear this surname
McKitrick Surname Definition:
MACKETTRICK, Macetterick, Macketterick, Mackitterick, Mackittrick: Variant forms of the same name all in curent use in Galloway. In Gaelic the name is spelled Mac Shitrig, 'son of Sitric' or 'Sitrig,' from the ON. personal name Sigtryggr, 'true victory.
Read More About This SurnameMcKitrick Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,421 | 1:255,073 | 24,180 |
| Canada | 289 | 1:127,493 | 13,298 |
| Australia | 43 | 1:627,807 | 44,139 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 31 | 1:142,899 | 7,868 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 371 | 1:135,360 | 12,861 |
McKitrick Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
MACKETTRICK, Macetterick, Macketterick, Mackitterick, Mackittrick: Variant forms of the same name all in curent use in Galloway. In Gaelic the name is spelled Mac Shitrig, 'son of Sitric' or 'Sitrig,' from the ON. personal name Sigtryggr, 'true victory.' The name being in the genitive in Gaelic causes the initial S to be lost by aspiration, and the k-sound of c carried over from Mac. The Annals of Ulster under the year 892 record great confusion among the Norsemen under the son of Imhar (= Ivar) and Sichfrith, and three years later is the entry: "Sit-riucc son of Imhar was slain by other Norsemen. ' John M'Kethirryke appears as tenant in 'Villa de Prestoun" in 1376 (RHM., I, p. Ixi). In 1460 the fine of John M'KittricK in Kirkcudbright was remitted (ER., VII, p. 5), and Thomas Makettrik and his heirs had a charter of the lands of Kelauch in Galloway in 1476 (RMS., II, 1256). John Mc Quhitrig witnessed a charter of amortization by Alexander Gillert, rector of Newlands, 1504 (Soltre, p. 325), and Patrick Makketrig in Galloway in 1529 had a respite for his "tressonable intercommonyng with Inglismen" (RSS,, II, 431). Robert M'Quhittroche in Culquha (Kirkcudbright) was a charter witness in 1643 (Laing, 2330), and John MacKit-trick and John Kittrick (without the 'mac') were residents in the parish of Rorgue in 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. IX, p. 567). John M'Whitrock appears in Raentone, 1687 (Kirkcudbright). The name is also current under the form Munkittrick. Some of this name have changed to Ketteridge as 'more genteel' (Trotter). McKitrick 1641.
Woulfe describes this name both as rare and scattered; but in fact it is by no means uncommon within a comparatively limited area, viz the old territory of Oriel. Its homeland has always been the country centred around Counties Armagh and Monaghan. In the former county a peculiar synonym of the name, viz Hanson, * is hard to explain. MacKeterick, one of the numerous variant spellings of the name, occurs in an Ormond army list of 1648 as a trumpeter in Capt. Parsons's troop: nearly all the soldiers in it were English and perhaps this man was in fact a MacGetrick from Galloway in Scotland.
Alexander MacKitrick was one of the “tenant settlers” in the Clogher area under the Plantation of Ulster: most of the families in that settlement were Gaelic-Irish. The name is formed from the Norse personal name Sitric and it appears in a Judiciary Roll of 1306 dealing with Co. Waterford as MacShitteruk-in Irish it is Mac Shitric. An interesting fact is that Ketrick without the prefix Mac is associated with Westport, Co. Mayo, not with Oriel.
*For Hanson see p. 85 supra.
Mac Shitric, from the Norse personal name Sitric. This belongs mainly to Oriel. SIF 100
McKitrick Demographics
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McKitrick Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McKitrick Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McKitrick occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name McKitrick? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 262,597th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,881,143 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 110 percent of McKitrick reside; 110 percent reside in North America and 110 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 1,421 people, or 1 in 255,073. In The United States McKitrick is most common in: Ohio, where 25 percent live, Illinois, where 6 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Other than The United States it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
McKitrick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of McKitrick has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McKitrick surname grew 383 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
McKitrick Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (71%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the McKitrick surname are 12.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.13% being registered with the political party.
The amount McKitrick earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.74% less than the national average, earning R 124,188 per year; in United States they earn 2.41% more than the national average, earning $44,189 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $52,550 CAD per year.
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