McLatchie Surname

437,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 785 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McLatchie Surname Definition:

MACLATCHIE, Maclatchy, Macletchie, Macclatchie, Macclatchy: MIr. Mac Gilla Eidich, 'son of Eidich's gillie.' There is a Mac Gilla Eidich in AU. (s.a. 1197). Surnames recorded in Ayrshire and Galloway. George McClechie was the king's sergeant within the sheriffdom of Arne, 1519 (Ros).

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McLatchie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3841:13,9421,788
England1771:314,79123,605
Canada1101:334,96030,494
United States1021:3,553,519199,004
Australia861:313,90427,145
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Trinidad and Tobago211:64,9515,118
Wales101:309,45316,869
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Jersey31:33,0674,675
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
France11:66,422,722504,397
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2131:17,5741,857
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

McLatchie Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACLATCHIE, Maclatchy, Macletchie, Macclatchie, Macclatchy: MIr. Mac Gilla Eidich, 'son of Eidich's gillie.' There is a Mac Gilla Eidich in AU. (s.a. 1197). Surnames recorded in Ayrshire and Galloway. George McClechie was the king's sergeant within the sheriffdom of Arne, 1519 (Ros). John M'Cletchie appears in Ayr, 1656 (Ayr, p. 197). George M'Clatchy, a native of Ireland, joined the Church of Scotland in 1840, and died in London, 1857 (Fasti). Thomas M'Clatchie, missionary in China, in latter half of nineteenth century, was apperently living in 1876, and Thomas Russell Hillier MacClatchie, of H. M. Consular Service and member of the Asiatic Society of Japan, who died in 1886, may have been his son.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

McLatchie Last Name Facts

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

The surname McLatchie is borne by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of McLatchie click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McLatchie? popularity and diffusion

It is the 437,080th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 9,283,498 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of McLatchie reside; 74 percent reside in Northern Europe and 73 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in Scotland, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 13,942. In Scotland McLatchie is mostly concentrated in: East Ayrshire, where 19 percent are found, Dumfries and Galloway, where 15 percent are found and North Lanarkshire, where 11 percent are found. Other than Scotland this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in England, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.

McLatchie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McLatchie has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people who held the McLatchie last name expanded 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 681 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 364 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McLatchie Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States McLatchie are 5.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.17% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McLatchie earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 75.86% more than the national average, earning 608,631 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.4% less than the national average, earning $36,071 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.73% more than the national average, earning $56,006 CAD per year.

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