The McIntyre surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 43,842 people carried this name — #786 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,730 people counted. That is up 4% from 42,335 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McIntyre surname

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McIntyre» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 58 births for the McIntyre name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 2,600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 16 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Londonderry, Antrim, and Sligo.”

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 34
Connacht 15
Leinster 8
Munster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In Scotland, 1880s

McIntyre was 29 in every 10,000 names in Scotland.

That is about 1 in 345. Its home there, in Guppy’s words: “Argyllshire.” He counted the more than 20,000 names in Halliburton’s County Directory of Scotland, taking Scotland as a whole, and listed only the names that reached 10 in every 10,000.

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), appendix: alphabetical list of the most frequent Scottish names, p. 591 — public domain · names in Halliburton’s County Directory of Scotland, per 10,000 for the whole country.

In Scotland’s registers today

McIntyre was recorded 208 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.

That made it the 95th most common name in those registers. In 1975, the first year of the series, the count was 307. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.

National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In print

McIntyre in American newspapers,
1888–1919.

Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name McIntyre
Evening Journal 1907-01-14
Newspaper page from Southern Christian Advocate carrying the name McIntyre
Southern Christian Advocate 1919-11-20
Newspaper page from South Branch Intelligencer carrying the name McIntyre
South Branch Intelligencer 1888-01-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 98,096 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McIntyre in Australian newspapers,
1810s–1990s.

35,952 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McIntyre. The most, 6,570, date from the 1930s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 10,235
Queensland 8,838
New South Wales 8,535
Tasmania 3,676
Western Australia 2,285
South Australia 1,965
ACT (Canberra) 258
Northern Territory 105

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McIntyre.

Who carried it

People named McIntyre,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Francis McIntyre
    James Francis McIntyre 1886–1979 · Catholic bishop
  • Christine McIntyre
    Christine McIntyre 1911–1984 · film actor
  • Vonda N. McIntyre 1948–2019 · science fiction writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McIntyre,
in the records of 8 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States6,644 records

6,644 records of the McIntyre name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,692
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,555
  • Other U.S. records 3,397
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Anthony McIntyre

    Born 1950; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1971 in Long Khanh, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ivan H. McIntyre

    Born 1913 in Indiana. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; musician from San Francisco County, California. U.S. Army veteran; died 1992, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane McIntyre

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Anchoria from Glasgow, aged 26; servant. From Derry, Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 6,644 records for McIntyre in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia4,269 records

4,269 records of the McIntyre name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2,088
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 855
  • Other Australian records 1,326
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Martha McIntyre

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Emma Eugenia, sailing from London in 1850. Native of Inverness, Inverness-shire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1852. Married 1852 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 23.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Euphemia McIntyre

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Margaret, sailing from London in 1843. Native of Greenock, Renfrewshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1848.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Archibald McIntyre

    Died 1857 in Fingal, Tasmania, aged 48. Will registered in Tasmania in 1857.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4,269 records for McIntyre in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada2,226 records

2,226 records of the McIntyre name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1,806
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 122
  • Other Canadian records 298
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Charles Theodore McIntyre

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of St. John, New Brunswick.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary McIntyre

    Buried in 1996 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 74.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George McIntyre

    Died 1948, aged 72; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 3 of 2,226 records for McIntyre in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom327 records

327 records of the McIntyre name in the United Kingdom
  • Stirling Council burial records 226
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 84
  • Other British records 17
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Hugh McIntyre

    Born 1894 at Dyke; forester. Served in the First World War. Named in the Morayshire roll of honour (1921).

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Grace McIntyre

    Died 1956, aged 67; buried at Logie Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charlotte Eliza McIntyre

    Will proved in 1933; of Rossett, Denbigh.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)

Showing 3 of 327 records for McIntyre in the United Kingdom.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

New Zealand64 records

64 records of the McIntyre name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 51
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 5
  • Other New Zealand records 8
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Gregory Authony McIntyre

    Died 1949, aged 58; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary McIntyre

    Buried in 1910 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 75.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Stewart Agnus McIntyre

    Died 1992, aged 89; buried at Fairhall Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 64 records for McIntyre in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Canterbury Maps (Environment Canterbury), Timaru and Mackenzie District Councils (CC BY 3.0 NZ). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands14 records

14 records of the McIntyre name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 8
  • Dutch population registers 5
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johanna Cornelia McIntyre

    Born 1914 in Rotterdam. Married in 1940 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Helena Jantina Dale Mc Intyre

    Died 1955 in Eindhoven.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 14 records for McIntyre in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Ireland4 records

4 records of the McIntyre name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James McIntyre

    Died 1944, aged 75; buried at Dunmore, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 4 records for McIntyre in Ireland.

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the McIntyre name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Andrea McIntyre

    Born 1950 in the United Kingdom; died 1993 in Viuz-en-Sallaz (Haute-Savoie).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 2 records for McIntyre in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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