Macalister Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 4
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 6
Dorset 0
Durham 6
Essex 5
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 14
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 3
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Macalister Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Macalister family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 8
Dress Maker 3
General Labourer 2
Accountant's Clerk 1
Agent 1
Explorer To Department Fund 1
Ganging Cartridges 1
Messenger Royal Arsenal 1
Retired Woollen Cloth Agent 1
Shell Examiner Royal Arsenal 1
Soldier 1
Cook Domestic 1
Housemaid Domestic 1
Paper Merchant 1
Domestic Architest 1
Tailor Journey Man 1
Fitter & Rivitter 1
Student 1
Apprentice Mechanical Engineer 1
Engine Works Tine Keeper 1
Farmer 1
Mining Student Miner 1
A B Seaman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Macalister

Name Census Frequency
William Macalister 21
James Macalister 19
John Macalister 16
Robert Macalister 13
Emily Macalister 9
Margaret Macalister 9
Mary Macalister 9
Alexander Macalister 7
Elizabeth Macalister 7
Jane Macalister 7
Annie Macalister 6
Agnes Macalister 5
Anne Macalister 5
David Macalister 5
Edward Macalister 5
Ellen Macalister 5
Louisa Macalister 5
Alice Macalister 4
Blanche Macalister 4
Charles Macalister 4
George Macalister 4
Hugh Macalister 4
Sarah Macalister 4
Alan Macalister 3
Ann Macalister 3

Macalister Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mcalister 90% 861
2 Macalister 100% 296
3 Macallister 91% 119

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The surname Macalister is the 2nd most popular variant of Mcalister.

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