Macleod

Used in: 3 countries

Origin: Irish

Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries. * (town in Alberta): see entry for Fort Macleod.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

MacLeod Variant with diacritics
Macle Root name
Abee Irish origin
Ahearn Irish origin
Ahern Irish origin
Aherne Irish origin
Aidan Irish origin
Aiden Irish origin
Allardice Irish origin
Anguish Irish origin

Popularity by Country

Macleod

Rank #564

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Macleod

Rank #4353

Frequency 7,542 people (2.8 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 96.09% Hispanic 1.42% Black 0.61% Asian/PI 0.52% Native Am. 0.24% Two+ 1.13%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Macleod

Rank #195784

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

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