Macaulay Family

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About the Macaulay surname

The surname Macaulay is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Ma-ko-lè/makolɛ/

Most frequent given names among the Macaulay family

Men

  1. 1John26
  2. 2Donald16
  3. 3Robert16
  4. 4James15
  5. 5William8

Women

  1. 1Mary19
  2. 2Jane11
  3. 3Anne7
  4. 4Marie7
  5. 5Margaret6
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The Macaulay name in our genealogy archives

882occurrences in our collections
9collections containing this name
52 231881 → 1901people enumerated
1806First mention of the name
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