McMaster
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Maighstir or Mac Á Mhaighstir (“son of the master”), from maighstir (“master”).
Proper noun
[edit]McMaster (plural McMasters)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, McMaster is the 5184th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6744 individuals. McMaster is most common among White (92.19%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McMaster”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 559.