McLaurin Surname

48,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,573 people bear this surname

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

McLaurin Surname Definition:

(Scottish) The son of Laurin or Laurence (the laurel, symbol of victory).

McLaurin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,1341:35,7674,457
Australia3221:83,8389,718
Canada1421:259,47624,513
England641:870,59545,570
Thailand461:1,535,616206,021
Mexico281:4,433,07927,489
Scotland161:334,61415,044
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Guam11:160,1214,893
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland201:221,49310,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1061:35,3132,826
England871:280,17719,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9621:52,2025,894

McLaurin (45) may also be a first name.

McLaurin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scottish) The son of Laurin or Laurence (the laurel, symbol of victory).

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

The son of Labhruinn, or Lawrence.

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

McLaurin Last Name Facts

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

The last name McLaurin is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McLaurin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 48,728th most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 689,260 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of McLaurin are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 45 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 10,134 people, or 1 in 35,767. In The United States McLaurin is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 21 percent are found, Mississippi, where 13 percent are found and Maryland, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

McLaurin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McLaurin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McLaurin surname grew 1,053 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 26 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 85 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McLaurin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Episcopalian (40%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McLaurin last name are 2.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.82% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount McLaurin earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 130.94% more than the national average, earning R 548,808 per year; in United States they earn 13.62% less than the national average, earning $37,274 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.68% more than the national average, earning $56,478 CAD per year.

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McLaurin Reference & Research

MacLaren FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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