McMaster Surname

30,973rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McMaster Surname Definition:

(Celtic + Latin) Son of the Master [Gaelic maighistear, Latin magister, master]

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McMaster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,5941:37,7804,668
Australia3,8421:7,0261,035
Canada2,8711:12,8341,895
England1,7541:31,7664,236
Scotland1,4931:3,586634
Northern Ireland1,2621:1,462308
South Africa1,2621:42,9305,484
New Zealand5221:8,6751,500
Namibia1741:13,8472,543
Jamaica1701:16,8821,557
Zimbabwe701:220,54624,781
Antigua and Barbuda411:2,419382
Wales361:85,9597,098
Thailand361:1,962,176235,280
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines211:5,365624
British Virgin Islands201:1,580220
Trinidad and Tobago181:75,7765,658
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Norway81:642,78647,258
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Ireland51:941,78816,185
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
France31:22,140,907385,998
China31:455,773,85521,925
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Belize11:355,4743,977
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominica11:75,891912
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,2901:3,434626
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,3911:2,691470
England4001:60,9387,112
Wales111:142,5835,610
Isle of Man41:13,5671,192
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9611:25,6093,160

McMaster (13) may also be a first name.

McMaster Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic + Latin) Son of the Master [Gaelic maighistear, Latin magister, master]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) The son of the Master, i.e., a cleric.

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

The son of Master.

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

User-submitted Reference

The name McMaster does indeed come from son of the master, but the master was reputedly a ship's master not a school master. The clan was a branch of the McInnes driven to the edge of the Scots mainland (it is now designated as a Scottish wild cat sanctuary) and they took to ship building.

- anonymous submission

McMaster Last Name Facts

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

McMaster is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McMaster? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 30,973rd most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 422,687 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of McMaster are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 13 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 9,594 people, or 1 in 37,780. In The United States McMaster is primarily concentrated in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 66 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 17 percent are found.

McMaster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McMaster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McMaster last name rose 489 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 439 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 107 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 327 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 100 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McMaster Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Presbyterian (59%) in Ireland.

In The United States McMaster are 12.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.28% registered to vote for the party.

The amount McMaster earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.14% more than the national average, earning 356,936 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 74.58% more than the national average, earning R 414,876 per year; in United States they earn 0.88% more than the national average, earning $43,530 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.61% more than the national average, earning $51,975 CAD per year.

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McMaster Reference & Research

McMasters, McMaster, 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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