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The MACRAE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,284 12466 0.001 8
United States (1880 census) 80 36456 0 2
Change since 1880 +2204 +23990 +N/A +6
Other Countries
Australia 759 2143 0.005 46
United Kingdom 3,996 1565 0.009 87
Top States for MACRAE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 250 9607 0.001 7
Massachusetts 241 3262 0.004 38
Florida 176 9623 0.001 11
New York 149 11662 0.001 8
Washington 139 4828 0.002 24
Top States for MACRAE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Hampshire 52 3164 0.004 42
Massachusetts 241 3262 0.004 38
Rhode Island 27 5212 0.003 26
Washington 139 4828 0.002 24
Maine 28 5319 0.002 22

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MACRAE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MACRAE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MACRAE in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MACRAE by picking someone at random in New Hampshire than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MACRAE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MACRAE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MACRAE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MACRAE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 71 3.11
White (Hispanic) 27 1.18
Mixed Race 20 0.88
Native American/Alaskan 17 0.74
Asian/Pacific 14 0.61
White (Caucasian) 2,135 93.48

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MACRAE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MACRAE in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MACRAE.

Similar names to MACRAE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MACRAE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MACRAE

The following words are slight variants of MACRAE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.