Surname Checker / Macdonald
How Common Is the Last Name Macdonald?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Macdonald today
51,726
Ranked #744 of 162,254 published surnames · 15.84 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 46,717 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
93.72%
Black
1.06%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.85%
Hispanic
2.37%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.