McLachlan Surname

34,204th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Scotland

McLachlan Surname Definition:

Son of Lachlan, q.v.

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McLachlan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia5,7101:4,728686
Scotland3,1651:1,692306
England2,5691:21,6893,041
United States2,5341:143,03814,824
Canada2,4431:15,0822,217
New Zealand1,4651:3,091468
South Africa9881:54,8366,964
Wales551:56,2645,128
Jamaica501:57,3993,142
Northern Ireland291:63,6224,809
France221:3,019,215204,848
Jersey201:4,960981
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Austria171:500,90847,931
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
China61:227,886,92811,701
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Ireland51:941,78816,185
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland471:94,2526,181
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland4,9401:758119
England6551:37,2144,818
Wales31:522,80514,314
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1681:298,92123,746

McLachlan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Son of Lachlan, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Son of the Lake” (Loch) in Gaelic.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Scottish) The son of Lachlan (warlike).

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

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'son of Lachlan'.

- highlandgirl62

McLachlan Last Name Facts

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

The surname McLachlan is held by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McLachlan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 34,204th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 470,225 people. McLachlan is mostly found in Oceania, where 46 percent of McLachlan live; 46 percent live in Australasia and 46 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most widely held in Australia, where it is carried by 5,710 people, or 1 in 4,728. In Australia McLachlan is most numerous in: Victoria, where 36 percent live, New South Wales, where 30 percent live and Queensland, where 17 percent live. Besides Australia this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 20 percent live and England, where 17 percent live.

McLachlan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McLachlan has changed over time. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name declined 36 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 392 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,508 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,833 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McLachlan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the McLachlan last name is primarily Presbyterian (77%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McLachlan surname are 9.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.35% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount McLachlan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.1% more than the national average, earning R 432,744 per year; in United States they earn 4.6% more than the national average, earning $45,133 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.14% more than the national average, earning $54,226 CAD per year.

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McLachlan Reference & Research

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