McAlpine
English
Alternative forms
- MacAlpine, McAlpin
Etymology
Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Ailpín and Scottish Gaelic Mac Ailpein (“son of Ailpean”), a personal name of uncertain etymology.
Proper noun
McAlpine (plural McAlpines)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McAlpine is the 8814th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3714 individuals. McAlpine is most common among White (78.59%) and Black/African American (16.07%) individuals.
Derived terms
- mcalpineite
- McAlpine's Fusiliers
Further reading
- “McAlpine”, in Hanks, Patrick, editor, Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, 2003, →ISBN