There are many surnames that start with Mac-, Mc- and O'-.
But which one is the most common?
Thanks.
2007-08-14 02:37:54 · 17 answers · asked by ηι¢σℓє♥ 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Have a look in this Irish look-ups directory, there is an Irish surname site, I am sure you will get the answer there.
http://rmhh.co.uk/ireland.html
hope that helps.
2007-08-14 03:23:25 · answer #1 · answered by itsjustme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Source: The Top 500 British Surnames, The Observer, 15th April 2007 Murphy Kelly O'Sullivan Walsh Smith O'Brien Byrne Ryan O'Connor O'Neill O'Reilly Doyle McCarthy Gallagher O'Doherty Kennedy Lynch Murray Quinn Moore Hogan Horgan Names starting with O' and Mac/Mc were originally patronymic.
2016-05-17 09:47:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most common surnames in Ireland 2007
Murphy
Kelly
O'Sullivan
Walsh
Smith
O'Brien
Byrne
Ryan
O'Connor
O'Neill
O'Reilly
Doyle
McCarthy
Gallagher
O'Doherty
Kennedy
Lynch
Murray
Quinn
Moore
Hogan
Horgan
2007-08-14 03:58:40 · answer #3 · answered by Shonz 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My dad is Irish and our surname is Mooney and I noticed that whenever I have read a book written by an Irish author they always seem to have someone called Mooney in it, so it must be pretty common. Also, oddly enough my cousin, who's surname is also Mooney, managed to go out with a guy who was completely unrelated to her but also had the surname Mooney!! Weird A?
2007-08-14 02:53:30 · answer #4 · answered by Princess Paradox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Murphy is the most popular surname outright, O'Sullivan is the most popular surname with O' still on it and McCarthy is the most popular surname with Mc still on it.
2007-08-14 03:47:17 · answer #5 · answered by eorpach_agus_eireannach 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
how strange!! my father and i were talking about just that this morn as he's been invited to a clan gathering in county donegal. he said he can only ever remember 1 clan gathering before and that was for the O'Shea name so maybe thats the most popular.
Its hard to say.
I suppose you'd have to get census results to find out for sure.
2007-08-14 02:48:07 · answer #6 · answered by daftoldwoman 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maloney
2007-08-14 02:44:34 · answer #7 · answered by Tiger01204 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most common name is Toby Sure
2007-08-14 02:49:05 · answer #8 · answered by Jimmy Mac 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Macpaddy
2007-08-16 05:22:00 · answer #9 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hey..I'm irish..
lol
The most common I'd say is O'reilly and Surnames wiv "o" in front of them are really irish...
I'm delaney...And thats popular too...
2007-08-14 02:45:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋