Popularity of the last name by country

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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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