Macintosh Family

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About the Macintosh surname

The surname Macintosh 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-kin-toch/makɪntɔʃ/

Most frequent given names among the Macintosh family

Men

  1. 1John44
  2. 2William30
  3. 3Donald20
  4. 4Joseph13
  5. 5Robert13

Women

  1. 1Mary28
  2. 2Marie15
  3. 3Margaret12
  4. 4Gertrude9
  5. 5Élisabeth8
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The Macintosh name in our genealogy archives

1,346occurrences in our collections
8collections containing this name
25 191881 → 1901people enumerated
1798First mention of the name
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