McLaughlin Surname

4,411th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127,704 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

McLaughlin Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Son of Laughlin or Loughlin, q.v.

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McLaughlin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101,1691:3,583384
Canada11,4511:3,218406
England11,1201:5,011700
Scotland7,6181:70390
Northern Ireland5,7341:32226
Australia5,2681:5,124740
Ireland4,3271:1,088215
Sudan2,2401:16,7462,298
Jamaica1,4611:1,964325
New Zealand1,3041:3,473533
Cayman Islands8771:735
South Africa4571:118,55114,098
Puerto Rico4411:8,050452
Wales2701:11,4611,275
Honduras2661:33,1451,044
Thailand1911:369,83464,954
Germany1271:633,90150,033
France1131:587,81278,453
Panama881:44,4572,269
Spain821:570,14727,179
Colombia721:663,5297,854
Belize651:5,469935
Jersey631:1,575229
Brazil561:3,822,756105,432
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Ecuador441:361,4969,599
Guernsey441:1,465311
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
Sweden351:281,33619,530
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Denmark241:235,19618,480
Isle of Man241:3,576767
Hong Kong211:349,3093,156
Austria151:567,69652,281
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Bermuda121:5,440820
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
South Korea101:5,124,026903
United States Virgin Islands101:11,0381,555
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
India91:85,229,487684,495
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Norway91:571,36544,190
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
China81:170,915,1968,932
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guam11:160,1214,893
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Niue11:1,614145
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland7,3761:60187
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0581:23,0393,215
Scotland1,0551:3,548581
Isle of Man231:2,360290
Wales51:313,68310,604
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,3411:2,469258

McLaughlin (138) may also be a first name.

McLaughlin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Son of Laughlin or Loughlin, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) The son of Lochlainn or Lochlann (Norway); the son of one who came from Norway.

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

The son of Laughlin, or the expert sailor. See Laughlin.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

User-submitted Reference

MacLoughlin is the form of the name most frequent in Connacht and Leinster, while McLaughlin is most common in Ulster, particularly in counties Antrim, Donegal and Derry. Both forms derive from the Irish and Scottish Mac Lochlainn, from the personal name Lochlann, from loch, meaning 'lake' or 'fjord', and lann, meaning 'land'. It was a Gaelic name used for Scandinavia, and was applied to the Viking settlers of the early middle ages, becoming a popular name in its own right. The surname containing it has at least four origins in Ireland.

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McLaughlin Last Name Facts

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

The last name McLaughlin is found most frequently in The United States. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McLaughlin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,411th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 57,066 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of McLaughlin live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America. McLaughlin is also the 787,636th most common first name world-wide, borne by 138 people.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 101,169 people, or 1 in 3,583. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 8 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States McLaughlin is found in 105 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.

McLaughlin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McLaughlin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McLaughlin surname expanded 497 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,051 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 722 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 41 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 5,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McLaughlin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McLaughlin last name is chiefly Catholic (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McLaughlin surname are 7.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.06% being registered with the party.

The amount McLaughlin earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 35.2% more than the national average, earning R 321,288 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.51% less than the national average, earning $18,726,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.63% more than the national average, earning $45,577 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.53% more than the national average, earning $50,442 CAD per year.

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