Popularity of the last name by country
Canada
- Ontario (8,515)
- Nova Scotia (4,585)
- Québec (2,337)
- Prince Edward Island (942)
- New Brunswick (867)
- Manitoba (842)
- British Columbia (603)
- Saskatchewan (396)
- Alberta (376)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (292)
- Yukon (7)
- North West Territories (2)
All countries
- United Kingdom (209,995)
- United States (61,674)
- Australia (48,411)
- Ireland (30,545)
- Canada (26,783)
- New Zealand (2,265)
- France (2,024)
- Jamaica (427)
- Belgium (376)
- South Africa (209)
- Spain (200)
- Germany (191)
- Italy (184)
- Gibraltar (134)
- India (120)
- Mexico (97)
- Netherlands (83)
- Turkey (82)
- Egypt (46)
- Sweden (42)
- St. Helena (35)
- Denmark (32)
- Papua New Guinea (31)
- Mauritius (30)
- Greece (28)
- China (27)
- Indonesia (26)
- Singapore (26)
- Iraq (23)
- Israel (21)
- Myanmar (21)
- Bahamas (20)
- Unknown country (20)
- Switzerland (16)
- Antigua and Barbuda (15)
- Tunisia (14)
- Brazil (11)
- Zimbabwe (11)
- Chile (10)
- Malaysia (10)
Origine of last name
MCDONALD : Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Domhnaill ‘son of Domhnall’ a name derived from the Celtic elements domno- ‘world’ + val- ‘might rule’. Donald is an Anglicized form (via Latin) of this personal name used in Scotland though the surname is also widespread in Ireland. The name is equivalent to Irish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/McDonnell">McDonnell</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/McConnell">McConnell</a> and to Manx <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Cannell">Cannell</a>.
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