McIntyre
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).
Proper noun
McIntyre (countable and uncountable, plural McIntyres)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A place name:
- A community in Loyalist township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
- A community in Grey Highlands municipality, Grey County, Ontario.
- A town in Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
- A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McIntyre is the 786th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 43842 individuals. McIntyre is most common among White (78.51%) and Black/African American (16.27%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McIntyre”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 556.