McRane Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McRane Surname Definition:

MACCRAIN, MaCchane: Gaelic Mac Crain, 'son of the pig-' The name of a long-lived family in Jura. The name also occurred in Islay in the seventeenth century, Murdoch M'Rayne held a kerrowran there in 1686 (Bk. Islay, p. 504). With the secondary genitive in -ich we have John M'Ranich gorme M'Kay in 1642, and Donald gorme M'Ranie choll of the same date and place, Ballinicill.

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McRane Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

McRane Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACCRAIN, MaCchane: Gaelic Mac Crain, 'son of the pig-' The name of a long-lived family in Jura. The name also occurred in Islay in the seventeenth century, Murdoch M'Rayne held a kerrowran there in 1686 (Bk. Islay, p. 504). With the secondary genitive in -ich we have John M'Ranich gorme M'Kay in 1642, and Donald gorme M'Ranie choll of the same date and place, Ballinicill. Martin (WI., p. 234) mentions one Gillouir Mack Crain in Jura who "liv'd to have kept one hundred and eighty Christmasses in his own house;" and a stone in the old burying ground of Inver-Lussa is inscribed: "Mary Mac Crain, died 1856, aged 128. Descendant of Gillour Mac Crain, who kept 180 Christmases in his own house, and who died in the reign of Charles I." compare the Border surnames Swine and Swinton.

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

McRane Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 4 (1901)

Religious Adherence
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McRane Last Name Facts

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

McRane occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McRane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of McRane live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America.

McRane is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 35 percent reside, Alabama, where 12 percent reside and Arizona, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent reside and Scotland, where 6 percent reside.

McRane Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McRane has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McRane surname increased 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McRane Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McRane surname is principally Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

McRane earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.31% less than the national average, earning $40,425 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McRaney92705/
McCrane92293/
McCraney862,082/
McCraine86334/
McRyan839/
McCrain77261/
Macriene711/
McReyn670/

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