McTaggart Surname

66,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,507 people bear this surname

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

McTaggart Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Son of the Priest (Gaelic Mac-an-t-shagairt] The Gaelic word for ‘priest’ (nom. case) is sagart; for the rule as to eclipsis see the note under Mac Intyre.

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McTaggart Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9031:124,85713,261
Australia1,6651:16,2142,296
Canada1,6411:22,4533,068
Scotland1,4041:3,813672
England1,1211:49,7046,178
Jamaica2141:13,4111,335
Northern Ireland2001:9,2251,500
New Zealand2001:22,6423,959
Cayman Islands1711:37460
South Africa961:564,35143,987
Panama941:41,6202,166
Wales421:73,6796,340
Ireland411:114,8525,857
Costa Rica401:119,5021,876
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
France31:22,140,907385,998
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Belize11:355,4743,977
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1821:24,3402,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,2701:2,947503
England1791:136,17512,443
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3881:129,43012,434

McTaggart (10) may also be a first name.

McTaggart Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Son of the Priest (Gaelic Mac-an-t-shagairt] The Gaelic word for ‘priest’ (nom. case) is sagart; for the rule as to eclipsis see the note under Mac Intyre.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

User-submitted Reference

This surname is Scottish, meaning 'son of the priest'. It is derived from the Gaelic words mac, meaning 'son', and t-sagairt, meaning 'priest'.

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McTaggart Last Name Facts

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

McTaggart occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of McTaggart click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McTaggart? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 66,397th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 970,767 people. The last name McTaggart is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of McTaggart live; 61 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 10 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,903 people, or 1 in 124,857. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 12 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States McTaggart exists in 41 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 22 percent are found.

McTaggart Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McTaggart has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McTaggart surname increased 748 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 111 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 626 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 4,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 77 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McTaggart Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McTaggart last name is principally Catholic (88%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McTaggart last name are 11.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.56% registered with the party.

The amount McTaggart earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 274.21% more than the national average, earning R 889,272 per year; in United States they earn 6.86% more than the national average, earning $46,109 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.51% more than the national average, earning $54,905 CAD per year.

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McTaggart Reference & Research

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