MacIntosh is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: MacIntosh
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning: Or McIntosh. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Toisich year, meaning a descendant of the chief.

How popular is MacIntosh?

MacIntosh is common in England.

MacIntosh is ranked 39800 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Macintosh bearers increased by 0.2549936 per cent in 2010 US census to 2359 since 2000, the surname slipped by 861 spots and ranked at 13010. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.76 89.29
Black 7.5 6.63
Hispanic or Latino 3.56 1.78
Others 1.53 1.4
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.02 0.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.64 0.47
Macintosh is quite popular family name mostly used in Canada while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 12297 people have been found who wears Macintosh as their family name. Macintosh is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
122,390 Belarus4
1,014,159 India4
11,480 Japan4
127,708 Czech Republic3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
78,945 Argentina3
90,215 Germany3
1,333 Guam2
3,014 Taiwan2
12,172 Ghana2
19,093 Finland2
54,135 Philippines2
4,231 Jamaica2
24,269 Peru2
26,123 Malaysia2
23,344 Austria2
28,232 Morocco2
40,256 Mexico2
5,872 Namibia1
14,618 Guyana1
810,193 Indonesia1
90,903 Moldova1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
30,360 Thailand1
16,228 Bulgaria1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
3,350 Fiji1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
47,891 Norway1
17,768 Pakistan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
58,885 Poland1
153,416 Italy1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
3,243 Suriname1
2,057 Isle of Man1
2,613 The Bahamas1
53,505 Turkey1
19,810 Croatia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
16,073 Latvia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
102,186 Ukraine40
28,564 Switzerland36
43,662 Belgium30
9,692 Ireland27
63,662 Spain26
50,826 Zimbabwe19
5,587 Trinidad and Tobago18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,149 France73
3,257 Hong Kong71
16,052 Sweden58
Countries with hundreds of MacIntosh:
3,478 Australia880
8,421 South Africa767
1,071 Scotland742
3,723 New Zealand206
69,781 Brazil127
97,847 Russia120
3,358 Wales113
24,148 Netherlands106
Countries with thousands of MacIntosh:
1,242 Canada4,088
11,318 United States3,175
5,046 England1,457
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 37 years old immigrant U Macintosh who was residing in Glasgow, Scotland migrated to USA on January 1, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. 31 years old James Macintosh, are others that migrated to US.

MacIntosh Namesakes

  • Alastair MacIntosh, Film actor
  • Autumn Macintosh, Film actress
  • Tammy MacIntosh, Actress
  • Ken Macintosh, Politician
  • Tammy MacIntosh, Actress
  • Mike MacIntosh, Chaplain
  • Laird Macintosh, Actor
  • Ewan Macintosh, TV actor
  • Ewen MacIntosh, Actor
  • Gavin MacIntosh, Actor
  • In 2009 drama, sci-fi film, X Meeting, Don 'Tex' Macintosh portrayed Ivan Buenovic.

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