The MCLACHLAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,745	15421	0.001	6
United States (1880 census)	86	34734	0	2
Change since 1880	+1659	+19313	+N/A	+4
Other Countries
Australia	2,238	715	0.014	137
United Kingdom	3,401	1835	0.007	74

Top States for MCLACHLAN by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Michigan	221	5213	0.002	22
California	198	12151	0.001	6
Florida	187	9486	0.001	12
Washington	123	5689	0.002	21
Utah	93	2918	0.004	42
Top States for MCLACHLAN by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Utah	93	2918	0.004	42
Michigan	221	5213	0.002	22
Washington	123	5689	0.002	21
Colorado	72	7271	0.002	17
North Dakota	10	10184	0.002	16

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of MCLACHLAN

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 MCLACHLAN 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 MCLACHLAN 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 MCLACHLAN in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	71	4.07
Mixed Race	24	1.38
White (Hispanic)	22	1.26
White (Caucasian)	1,618	92.72
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

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

Similar names to MCLACHLAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MCLACHLAN.

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.