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    Scottish Gaelic surnames

    277 surnames that come from Scottish Gaelic, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, starting with Campbell, Ross, Alexander.

    #SurnameUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Campbell 47 386,157
    2 Ross 98 229,368
    3 Alexander 118 204,621
    4 Murray 136 184,910
    5 McDonald 143 180,497
    6 Boyd 176 153,469
    7 Douglas 311 101,458
    8 Cummings 403 79,316
    9 Logan 492 67,909
    10 Buchanan 503 66,648
    11 McKenzie 563 59,595
    12 Cameron 614 55,240
    13 Monroe 617 55,136
    14 Glenn 669 51,043
    15 Gilmore 714 48,719
    16 Keith 718 48,487
    17 MacDonald 744 46,717
    18 Knox 769 44,742
    19 McIntyre 786 43,842
    20 McLean 801 43,260
    21 McIntosh 819 42,379
    22 McFarland 835 41,300
    23 McMillan 860 40,237
    24 Finley 922 37,672
    25 McPherson 965 36,125
    26 Forbes 1,028 33,813
    27 McKnight 1,023 34,055
    28 Cowan 1,074 32,586
    29 McLeod 1,141 30,769
    30 McAllister 1,197 29,544
    31 McKenna 1,284 27,293
    32 McGill 1,282 27,330
    33 Downey 1,320 26,627
    34 Dunbar 1,335 26,405
    35 Leslie 1,417 25,078
    36 McCauley 1,442 24,743
    37 Kilgore 1,667 21,627
    38 McNeill 1,875 19,152
    39 Kyle 1,924 18,721
    40 Adair 1,927 18,708
    41 McRae 1,987 18,156
    42 Drummond 2,014 17,922
    43 Kincaid 2,000 18,075
    44 Bain 2,082 17,371
    45 Currie 2,100 17,234
    46 McNair 2,191 16,595
    47 Crandall 2,163 16,781
    48 McGregor 2,333 15,614
    49 McKinnon 2,359 15,450
    50 Irving 2,433 14,896
    51 Douglass 2,438 14,862
    52 Mackenzie 2,628 13,733
    53 McCartney 2,645 13,615
    54 Gilchrist 2,811 12,825
    55 McArthur 2,844 12,683
    56 Donald 2,899 12,367
    57 Moffett 3,025 11,853
    58 McMillian 3,043 11,765
    59 McAlister 3,078 11,665
    60 Forsythe 3,147 11,489
    61 McAdams 3,122 11,547
    62 McIntire 3,380 10,566
    63 McCallum 3,495 10,229
    64 Moffitt 3,543 10,070
    65 Irvine 3,769 9,397
    66 Tyree 3,695 9,613
    67 Findley 3,729 9,505
    68 McFarlane 3,795 9,319
    69 McClung 3,746 9,456
    70 McWhorter 3,801 9,312
    71 Gaddis 3,877 9,142
    72 Galbraith 3,997 8,886
    73 McVey 4,018 8,848
    74 McCallister 4,146 8,545
    75 McLaurin 4,414 8,045
    76 McVay 4,398 8,086
    77 McInnis 4,475 7,933
    78 Maclean 4,726 7,504
    79 McEwen 4,659 7,610
    80 McMichael 4,785 7,392
    81 McKenney 4,852 7,265
    82 McDougal 4,930 7,139
    83 Brody 5,142 6,805
    84 Dalrymple 5,116 6,843
    85 Brodie 5,288 6,585
    86 Munro 5,067 6,918
    87 Kinard 4,990 7,035
    88 McMaster 5,184 6,744
    89 Ard 5,141 6,807
    90 McDougall 5,242 6,655
    91 Fife 5,202 6,719
    92 McCrea 5,504 6,320
    93 McLellan 5,505 6,318
    94 McSwain 5,600 6,213
    95 McCaskill 5,892 5,857
    96 McComb 6,106 5,616
    97 McMillin 6,393 5,323
    98 Cathcart 7,099 4,716
    99 Peden 7,099 4,716
    100 Moncrief 7,171 4,665
    101 Cargill 7,363 4,524
    102 McBroom 7,287 4,573
    103 Moffatt 7,339 4,542
    104 More 7,512 4,432
    105 McCowan 7,386 4,510
    106 MacKinnon 7,882 4,199
    107 Urquhart 7,578 4,385
    108 MacDougall 7,725 4,296
    109 Arbuckle 7,564 4,393
    110 McPhee 8,158 4,065
    111 MacArthur 8,274 4,006
    112 Ballentine 7,739 4,289
    113 McEntire 8,042 4,115
    114 McAndrew 8,013 4,129
    115 Murdoch 8,669 3,790
    116 Kinley 8,073 4,105
    117 McKim 8,669 3,790
    118 McKinzie 8,414 3,929
    119 Geddes 8,882 3,687
    120 Lennox 9,097 3,591
    121 McRoberts 8,793 3,726
    122 McVicker 8,770 3,738
    123 McGruder 9,446 3,444
    124 Ogilvie 9,510 3,418
    125 McClurg 9,778 3,314
    126 Moffat 10,257 3,143
    127 Finlay 10,721 2,980
    128 McCully 9,919 3,256
    129 McMillon 10,245 3,146
    130 Cumming 10,528 3,047
    131 McDougald 10,320 3,122
    132 Elgin 10,555 3,036
    133 McVeigh 10,711 2,983
    134 Paisley 10,721 2,980
    135 McKellar 10,900 2,921
    136 McBeth 10,649 3,004
    137 McCree 10,871 2,931
    138 Kinkade 11,264 2,807
    139 Gowan 10,829 2,941
    140 McKie 11,021 2,886
    141 MacIntyre 11,371 2,774
    142 Farquhar 11,584 2,714
    143 McMasters 10,931 2,912
    144 McKissick 10,998 2,892
    145 McCrae 11,436 2,754
    146 McWhirter 11,134 2,846
    147 Glen 11,302 2,794
    148 Dewar 11,168 2,833
    149 Gilmour 11,926 2,625
    150 McCaleb 11,275 2,802
    151 Macaulay 12,174 2,560
    152 McEwan 11,804 2,652
    153 Fordyce 11,870 2,638
    154 Balfour 13,435 2,268
    155 Mair 12,357 2,516
    156 Macintosh 13,010 2,359
    157 McAndrews 12,514 2,477
    158 McCullar 12,789 2,412
    159 Ballantyne 12,795 2,410
    160 Culbreath 13,101 2,340
    161 McCubbin 13,445 2,265
    162 Cleghorn 13,551 2,237
    163 McElfresh 13,551 2,237
    164 Menzies 14,468 2,064
    165 McBryde 14,076 2,137
    166 McFee 14,447 2,068
    167 McMath 14,806 2,003
    168 Kinnear 14,834 1,998
    169 Kettle 14,307 2,092
    170 McDougle 14,349 2,085
    171 McBurney 14,881 1,988
    172 McKillip 14,755 2,013
    173 Gow 15,060 1,960
    174 McMiller 15,347 1,911
    175 McQueary 15,409 1,901
    176 McCuen 15,763 1,849
    177 Mebane 15,871 1,833
    178 Cowans 15,898 1,829
    179 McCrimmon 15,931 1,824
    180 McRee 16,025 1,810
    181 Cowie 16,051 1,806
    182 McSorley 16,166 1,788
    183 Dysart 16,214 1,781
    184 McGeorge 16,427 1,751
    185 McCullers 17,625 1,594
    186 Gaw 16,575 1,731
    187 Dalzell 16,968 1,675
    188 Dundas 18,272 1,520
    189 Learn 17,072 1,663
    190 McDow 17,463 1,614
    191 Birney 18,751 1,463
    192 McAlexander 17,745 1,579
    193 McCalister 18,144 1,534
    194 Niven 20,047 1,334
    195 McLarty 19,234 1,410
    196 Gilcrease 18,511 1,491
    197 McKechnie 20,019 1,337
    198 McCampbell 18,994 1,435
    199 McEachin 19,027 1,431
    200 Bratten 19,087 1,426
    201 Forbus 19,242 1,409
    202 McKissack 19,907 1,349
    203 McClusky 19,986 1,341
    204 Kinnaird 19,441 1,390
    205 Mungo 19,538 1,382
    206 McBain 21,360 1,226
    207 Mackall 19,716 1,366
    208 McDuff 20,408 1,302
    209 McGillivray 20,408 1,302
    210 Melrose 20,232 1,316
    211 McNichol 20,910 1,260
    212 McLoud 20,322 1,308
    213 McPeters 20,394 1,303
    214 McCollister 20,648 1,282
    215 Rattray 20,648 1,282
    216 Glendenning 20,770 1,272
    217 McIsaac 21,307 1,230
    218 McCorvey 21,403 1,222
    219 McKamey 21,439 1,219
    220 McInnes 22,131 1,168
    221 Quail 21,459 1,218
    222 Ballantine 21,553 1,211
    223 Montrose 22,359 1,152
    224 McWaters 22,000 1,179
    225 Killgore 22,026 1,177
    226 Crombie 22,436 1,147
    227 Kinghorn 22,450 1,146
    228 McKillop 22,516 1,142
    229 McGilvray 22,646 1,133
    230 McPheeters 22,749 1,126
    231 McFaul 24,499 1,021
    232 McCluney 22,924 1,116
    233 Alphin 23,604 1,075
    234 McRay 24,483 1,022
    235 Querry 23,662 1,071
    236 McClaran 23,881 1,057
    237 Clelland 23,920 1,055
    238 McEntyre 24,049 1,048
    239 McGlasson 24,064 1,047
    240 McBeath 24,554 1,018
    241 McGaw 24,665 1,012
    242 McCoin 24,718 1,009
    243 Ronald 25,356 976
    244 Corrie 26,362 926
    245 McGillis 27,707 868
    246 McMunn 28,552 835
    247 MacMaster 28,679 831
    248 Colquhoun 33,772 674
    249 Keir 30,946 751
    250 Kiddy 30,570 763
    251 McCartan 32,900 697
    252 Renfrew 35,812 627
    253 Lobban 34,032 668
    254 Cumings 34,835 648
    255 Kenneth 35,582 632
    256 Dougal 35,945 624
    257 Duthie 36,099 621
    258 Dalziel 36,477 613
    259 McSween 37,125 601
    260 Scobie 41,038 531
    261 Ruthven 41,164 529
    262 McCorquodale 41,501 524
    263 Dun 42,858 505
    264 Keddy 40,976 532
    265 Sween 41,234 528
    266 Malloch 42,030 517
    267 Kilgour 46,138 462
    268 Mearns 46,568 457
    269 Girvan 48,256 438
    270 Ogilvy 102,197 176
    271 Keddie 62,903 318
    272 MacTavish 50,564 413
    273 McNiven 58,604 346
    274 Gorrie 55,841 367
    275 Dunnett 64,891 306
    276 Kinnon 65,244 304
    277 Cuming 124,548 138