McArthur is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: McArthur
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for McArthur

How popular is McArthur?

McArthur is common in United States.

McArthur is ranked 14704 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mcarthur bearers increased by 4.369651 per cent in 2010 US census to 12683 since 2000, the surname slipped by 123 spots and ranked at 2844. The last name was found in around 43 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 75.35 77.71
Black 17.59 17.31
Hispanic or Latino 3.01 1.7
Others 2.52 1.79
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.01 1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.5
Mcarthur is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 35824 people have been found who wears Mcarthur as their family name. Mcarthur is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
82,942 Zimbabwe8
1,346 Bermuda6
7,031 China6
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
661,536 Indonesia3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
20,541 Peru3
4,915 Panama3
14,078 Japan3
4,554 Guatemala3
3,340 Jamaica3
12,172 Ghana2
21,529 Singapore2
4,104 South Korea2
19,093 Finland2
41,879 Turkey2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
37,372 Georgia2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
26,123 Malaysia2
35,969 Denmark2
4,249 Cambodia1
19,810 Croatia1
15,705 Cameroon1
16,228 Bulgaria1
53,033 Nigeria1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
7,191 Afghanistan1
846 American Samoa1
10,190 Bahrain1
10,958 Bangladesh1
123,175 Tanzania1
2,211 Brunei1
13,606 Senegal1
897,276 Russia1
3,275 Nepal1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
10,683 Cyprus1
1,819 Laos1
1,572 Macau1
153,416 Italy1
2,057 Isle of Man1
2,724 New Caledonia1
3,586 Honduras1
47,891 Norway1
11,510 Oman1
17,768 Pakistan1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
42,479 Greece1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
113 Falkland Islands1
8,181 Botswana1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,790 Zambia1
17,575 Kuwait1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
52,947 Netherlands31
595 Jersey28
42,407 Sweden22
460,058 India17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,804 Ireland98
93,642 France98
92,589 Brazil79
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
1,606 Guyana72
17,456 Switzerland63
39,320 Spain55
Countries with hundreds of McArthur:
38,477 Germany269
39,199 Philippines258
1,273 Northern Ireland227
2,197 Wales181
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of McArthur:
896 Canada5,589
1,963 England4,076
918 Australia3,377
246 Scotland3,071
3,905 South Africa1,680
590 New Zealand1,141
Countries with ten thousands of McArthur:
2,668 United States15,057
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old immigrant Margt. Mcarthur who was residing in Scotland migrated to USA on February 22, 1849 by Arrick put out from Glasgow. Alexander Mcarthur, aged 12, 7 years old Catharine Mcarthur, Andrew Mcarthur, Alex. Mcarthur, aged 60, Margt. Mcarthur, 17 years old Jane Mcarthur, Mrs Mcarthur, aged 26, 4 years old James Mcarthur, and 24 other Mcarthur around 46.67% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

McArthur Namesakes

  • Nancy McArthur, Author
  • Corran McArthur, Musical Artist
  • Archibald J. McArthur, Politician
  • Lewis A. McArthur, Author
  • Clifton N. McArthur, U.S. representative
  • Dixie McArthur, Baseball player
  • Duncan McArthur, Ohio State Senator
  • Fergus Stewart McArthur, Former Member of the Australian House of Representatives
  • Fionn McArthur, Musical Artist
  • Freya McArthur, Murray McArthur's daughter
  • Isabel McArthur characterized small character of Narrator in 2017 crime and mystery film City of Lights.
  • Kate McArthur played the leading role of Emily Benning in 2019 drama, sci-fi flick Mentamorphosis.

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