Popularity of the last name by country
India
- West Bengal (49)
- Maharashtra (12)
- Tamil Nadu (12)
- Delhi (8)
- Karnataka (5)
- Uttar Pradesh (3)
- Andhra Pradesh (1)
- Assam (1)
- Punjab (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (209,678)
- United States (61,975)
- Australia (48,447)
- Ireland (30,506)
- Canada (26,623)
- New Zealand (2,239)
- France (2,022)
- Jamaica (439)
- Belgium (388)
- South Africa (215)
- Germany (206)
- Spain (200)
- Italy (184)
- Gibraltar (134)
- India (120)
- Mexico (102)
- Netherlands (88)
- 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)
- Bahamas (22)
- Israel (21)
- Myanmar (21)
- Unknown country (20)
- Guatemala (17)
- Switzerland (16)
- Antigua and Barbuda (15)
- Tunisia (14)
- Brazil (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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