Macartney is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Macartney
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Macartney

How popular is Macartney?

Macartney is ranked 139505 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Macartney bearers increased by 2.657807 per cent in 2010 US census to 309 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2152 spots and ranked at 64388. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.2 92.36
Black 2.27 1.99
Hispanic or Latino 1.94 0
Others 1.62 3.32
Macartney is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Northern Ireland. Around 2761 people have been found who wears Macartney as their family name. Macartney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,389 Grenada3
32,695 Nigeria3
119,730 Brazil3
35,969 Denmark2
20,595 China2
18,625 Japan2
897,276 Russia1
151,601 Spain1
16,283 Lithuania1
15,162 Costa Rica1
277,603 France1
172,258 Germany1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,057 Isle of Man1
66,560 Philippines1
81,201 Switzerland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,387 Ireland22
Countries with hundreds of Macartney:
9,430 England688
5,545 Australia535
50,791 United States522
1,132 Northern Ireland262
15,222 Canada245
30,064 South Africa183
5,186 New Zealand147
4,429 Scotland131
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

U Macartney worked as lady and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, Of unknown age embarked for New-York from Londonderry on Admiral and arrived on April 18, 1849. Maid Eliza Macartney, are other Macartney that migrated to US.

Macartney Namesakes

  • George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Statesman
  • George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Statesman
  • Elinor Macartney Lane, Novelist
  • Clem Macartney, Author
  • Elinor Macartney Lane, Novelist
  • Clarence E. Macartney, Pastor
  • George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Statesman
  • Charlie Macartney, Cricket Player
  • Scott Macartney, Alpine ski racer
  • George Macartney, British Politician

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