MacLeod is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: MacLeod
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for MacLeod

How popular is MacLeod?

MacLeod is common in United States.

MacLeod is ranked 8586 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Macleod bearers increased by 4.561124 per cent in 2010 US census to 7886 since 2000, the surname slipped by 142 spots and ranked at 4495. The last name was found in around 27 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.96 96.09
Hispanic or Latino 2.36 1.42
Others 1.83 1.13
Black 0.81 0.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.24
MacLeod is quite popular family name mostly used in Canada while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 62910 people have been found who wears MacLeod as their family name. MacLeod is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
616,339 India10
340 Turks and Caicos Islands9
20,929 Azerbaijan7
6,235 Costa Rica7
1,632 South Korea5
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
15,956 Venezuela3
35,184 Poland3
14,078 Japan3
16,136 Kenya3
127,708 Czech Republic3
3,707 Malawi3
32,695 Nigeria3
3,752 Iraq3
25,074 Greece3
6,989 Uganda3
2,617 Cambodia2
4,231 Jamaica2
1,151 Brunei2
14,408 Uruguay2
4,367 Afghanistan2
24,269 Peru2
41,879 Turkey2
6,900 Oman2
14,521 Portugal2
19,093 Finland2
6,266 Luxembourg2
3,791 Namibia2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
485 Dominica2
37,493 Austria1
13,606 Senegal1
20,172 Hungary1
123,175 Tanzania1
6,820 Angola1
49,529 Israel1
1,542 Andorra1
12,270 Lebanon1
17,575 Kuwait1
2,613 The Bahamas1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,877 Cuba1
24,771 Colombia1
11,486 Estonia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
36,814 Romania1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
9,116 Nicaragua1
165,773 Belarus1
17,236 Ghana1
573 Vanuatu1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
2,494 Thailand44
7,175 Singapore41
396 Isle of Man34
38,499 Zimbabwe30
32,811 Sweden29
813 Jersey22
23,914 Denmark20
337,212 Indonesia16
2,892 China15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,803 Norway98
18,065 Belgium97
25,821 Netherlands97
2,902 Qatar88
30,111 Spain83
92,589 Brazil79
12,007 Chile72
145,861 Russia70
Countries with hundreds of MacLeod:
15,208 Philippines967
19,380 Germany538
20,978 France465
1,029 Wales384
1,121 Taiwan290
4,163 United Arab Emirates237
16,087 Mexico236
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
48,322 Italy157
1,763 Northern Ireland143
9,314 Switzerland126
2,019 Hong Kong119
3,419 Ireland115
44,861 Argentina105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of MacLeod:
764 England9,432
892 Australia3,487
2,238 South Africa2,904
549 New Zealand1,207
Countries with ten thousands of MacLeod:
187 Canada17,672
28 Scotland12,076
3,696 United States10,825
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MacLeod Namesakes

  • Kenneth R. MacLeod, Political figure
  • Roderick Macleod, 4th of Cadboll, Politician
  • Jean S. MacLeod, Writer
  • Alasdair Macleod, Musical Artist
  • Alfie MacLeod, Canadian Politician
  • Alistair MacLeod, Novelist
  • Alister MacLeod, Cricket Player
  • Ally MacLeod, Soccer player
  • Ally MacLeod, Soccer player
  • Mary Macleod, British Politician
  • In 2015 comedy film, Paranormal Squad, Anna Macleod characterized Neighbor.
  • Nathan MacLeod, from 0 action and adventure movie Kung Fu Skeleton, who played Fred Dissement.
  • In 2018 horror film, The Necromancer, Marcus Macleod portrayed Bernard.

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