Mcmaster meaning | Last name Mcmaster origin

Following is the meaning of Mcmaster surname. Family name Mcmaster is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Mcmaster
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Northern Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Mcmaster

Mcmaster is used as a family name or surname in Northern Ireland languages. Mcmaster has 8 characters long in length.

Mcmaster is common in Northern Ireland country(ies).

Mcmaster is ranked 23696 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mcmaster bearers increased by 1.826967 per cent in 2010 US census to 6744 since 2000, the surname slipped by 315 spots and ranked at 5184. The last name was found in around 23 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.19 93.82
Black 3.05 2.58
Hispanic or Latino 1.88 1.42
Others 1.68 1.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.76 0.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.44 0.41

How popular is Mcmaster?

Mcmaster is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 21696 people have been found who wears Mcmaster as their family name. Mcmaster is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
15,749 Finland3
2,720 South Korea3
14,054 China3
457 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3
34,681 Norway2
91,784 Netherlands2
3,791 Namibia2
40,064 Nigeria2
26,123 Malaysia2
5,217 Zambia2
6,103 Cyprus2
219,873 France2
7,292 Vietnam1
2,190 Barbados1
492,292 Ukraine1
810,193 Indonesia1
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
37,779 Serbia1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

Thomas Mcmaster worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on John Robert and arrived on June 1, 1846. 16 years old Robert Mcmaster, 25 years old William Mcmaster, Margaret Mcmaster (20) Spinster, William Mcmaster, aged 40, Eleanor Mcmaster, Joseph Mcmaster, aged 18, Immigrant Sarah Mcmaster, John Mcmaster, aged 14, and 28 other Mcmaster around 47.62% of whom were workman while others worked as clerk and spinster migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool and Belfast.

Celebrities having Mcmaster surname

Susan McMaster Poet
Lois McMaster Bujold Fiction writer
John Bach McMaster Historian
Henry McMaster Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
Griffin McMaster Soccer player
Luke McMaster Singer
Andrew McMaster Musical Artist
Carolyn McMaster Film producer
Cecil McMaster Olympic athlete
Cecil McMaster Olympic athlete
  • Sarah McMaster played the important character of Erika in 2014 drama and horror film Dead Within.
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