MacArthy is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: MacArthy
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Is a variation of Macarty. The annals of Innisfallen abound in records of the patriotism and perseverance with which the noble sept of Macarty laboured to resist the early invasions of the Danes, until they were at length induced to tolerate their settling, for commercial purposes, in the province of Desmond, of which they were kings. When Henry II landed at Waterford, Mac Carty, King of Desmond, delivered to him the keys of Cork, and did homage." The family were divided into two branches, Mac Carty More, and Mac Carty Reagh.

MacArthy is form of Carty. The Irish M'Carthy.

The variant form of McCarthy. The son of Carthach meaning "loving".

Family name MacArthy is a form of the Maccarthy. Son of Carrthach, King of Cork.

How popular is MacArthy?

MacArthy is common in Sierra Leone, United States, Nigeria, England, Brazil.

MacArthy is ranked 30898 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Macarthys grew by 27.7 per cent to 189 since 2000 and ranked 96368 after elevating 14155 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Macarthy is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sierra Leone which signifies its Sierra Leone provenence. Around 17309 people have been found who wears Macarthy as their family name. Macarthy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of MacArthy:
79 Sierra Leone16,347
Countries with hundreds of MacArthy:
88,003 United States291
33,525 Nigeria241
24,037 England172
61,666 Brazil111
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,397 Ireland28
81,699 Australia16
16,977 Liberia15
15,850 Wales11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
31,784 New Zealand10
5,799 Sudan9
220,704 Canada8
305,602 Germany7
249,062 Philippines6
189,736 South Africa6

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