McPhilbin

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Philbín (“son of Philbín”) a diminutive of the personal name Pilib (“Philip”).

Proper noun

McPhilbin (plural McPhilbins)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, McPhilbin is the 33356^th most common surname in England, belonging to 104 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McPhilbin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 561.