Clan Scott Society Common Scottish Surnames and Surname Organizations Table of Contents Confusing the concepts of being Scottish and being Scott-ish, visitors often come to our clan tent at festivals and gatherings seeking to locate the clan for their particular surname. Responding to this interest, many of our Clan representatives have materials on hand to help these lost Scots find their clan. Continuing in this tradition of helping fellow Scots find their heritage, we offer information about other Scottish Clan organizations on these web pages. Underlined surnames below are linked to the home page of a clan or family surname organizations for that surname in the surname ranking lists below. No significant attempt was made to link sept (associated) surnames to their respective clan organization's web site.
Individual's web sites or genealogy sites are typically not linked to any surname below. Surnames not on these lists may appear below under the heading of as do additional links to organization web sites for those surnames which have more than one active web site or organization. Be sure to check this additional list to be certain you have found all appropriate web sites for a surname. Hint: Use your browser's Find function to search for the surname you're interested in. (Ctrl-F on most browsers) If we have missed a clan or family name organization, please send the link to our. 150 Most Common Scottish Surnames in the United States 1.
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Alexander 21. Stevenson/Stephenson 57. Nicholson 66.
Livingston(e) 77. McCulloch/McCullough 79. Gillespie 83. Kirkpatrick 100. Burrell/Birral 106. McCollum 118. Kilgore/Kilgour 119.
Akins/Aiken/Eakins 121. Abernathy 127.
Christie 130. McCracken 131. Crenshaw 132. Witherspoon/Wotherspoon 133. Kincaid/Kincade 134. Sherer/Shearer 136. Kilpatrick 144.
McWhorter 147. Note that different spellings have not been added together. If they had been: Mac/McDonald would come after Brown Miller/ar would come after Scott Johnston/e would come after Miller/ar Mac/McLean would come after Clark Mac/McLeod would come after Mac/McLean Mac/McKenzie would come after Taylor Mac/McKay would come after Mac/McKenzie.
All of the 'top 50' except McDonald, Kelly, McLean, Wallace and Marshall were in the 'top 100' in 1858, and of the current 'second 50', only Sutherland, White, Munro, Sinclair and MacLean were in the 'top 100' in 1858. This is a significant change in a relatively short time. Below is a brief extract from Black's 'Surnames of Scotland' for the 150 Most Common Scottish Surnames in the United States Black states quite specifically that the Scottish patronymic is 'Mac' and that he regards the contraction to 'Mc' or 'M' ' as incorrect. This, no doubt, will annoy many a good Scot, both at home and overseas! Webmaster's Note: Mac is the same word as the Gaelic word 'meic' meaning 'son of' and was used to identify someone, like 'son of Dougall,' before MacDougall was a surname.
How to access hard drive formated for mac on windows. 'Mc' is an abbreviation of 'Mac'. It was written with an apostrophe or two dots below the 'c' or other ways, to show that the full 'Mac' was shortened. 'M' is the same. There is no significance if Mc or Mac or M' are used. Some people will tell you Mc is Irish and Mac is Scottish. This isn't true. The 'O's (e.g.
O'Sullivan) are strictly Irish so any in Scotland probably can trace their ancestors back to 19th century Irish immigrants. But 'Mc' and 'Mac' are found in both countries. In some cases, leaving off the 'Mac' all together may have occurred somewhere along the way, so someone with the surname MacDonald ('son of Donald') is of the same global family as another person with the surname Donald. So, when looking for a surname organization or doing genealogy research, be sure to look for the other forms of the surname. Smith - occupational, as in 'blacksmith or goldsmith' (English) 2. Brown - descriptive, from the colour (English) 3.