How common is the last name Macdonald?

45,126 people in the United States have the last name Macdonald, about 1 in 6,624. It ranks #752 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MACDONALD

#752

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
45,126
About
1 in 6,624
This common or more
36.5%
Who bears it

Of the 45,126 people with the last name Macdonald, 90.5% reported their origin as White, 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Macdonald

#750 Xiong · 45,183#751 Vo · 45,170#753 Preston · 45,056#754 Vance · 44,920

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Macdonald, most common first.

#32,440 Macdonell · 760

Also a first name

As a first name, Macdonald ranks #29,086 of 53,615, with 306 people. See Macdonald as a first name

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