McLatchy Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

McLatchy 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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McLatchy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1711:2,119,643134,411
Canada811:454,88439,362
England231:2,422,52489,093
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

McLatchy 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)

McLatchy Last Name Facts

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

The last name McLatchy is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McLatchy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,210,518th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of McLatchy reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 2,119,643. In The United States McLatchy is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 10 percent are found, New Hampshire, where 9 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Apart from The United States it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 42 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.

McLatchy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McLatchy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McLatchy surname expanded 2,138 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McLatchy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Baptist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McLatchy last name are 23.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.21% registered to vote for the party.

The amount McLatchy earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.4% more than the national average, earning $43,320 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.56% more than the national average, earning $51,949 CAD per year.

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