McBeth

English

Alternative forms

• McBay, McBeath, McBee, McBey

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Beatha (“son of life”).

Proper noun

McBeth (plural McBeths)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McBeth is the 10649^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3004 individuals. McBeth is most common among White (66.05%) and Black/African American (27.53%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McBeth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 544.