Mackintosh
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Scottish Gaelic Mac An Toisich, 'son of the leader'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mækɪntɑʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mackintosh is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Scottish Gaelic Mac An Toisich, 'son of the leader'
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Mackintosh is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Charles Mac Intosh (1766-1843) mit d’abord au point un tissu imperméable en 1823. On en fit des manteaux par la suite. Notons que le nom propre n’a pas de k alors que le nom commun en a un.
as a name2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
In Croatian, term. vodootporni ogrtač od posebno obrađene vunene tkanine; od pojave krajem 19. st. doživio brojne modne preinake, usp. burberry , trenčkot
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- James Mackintoshb. 1765GBBritish politician (1765-1832)
- Charles Rennie Mackintoshb. 1868GBScottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist (1868-1928)
- Josephine Teyb. 1896GBnot in their usual nameScottish author (1896–1952)
- John P. Mackintoshb. 1929GBScottish politician (1929-1978)
- Cameron Mackintoshb. 1946GBBritish theatre and musical producer
- Lils Mackintoshb. 1955NLDutch singer (1955–2023)
- Steven Mackintoshb. 1967GBBritish actor
- Laird Mackintoshb. 1968CACanadian actor
- Dave Mackintoshb. 1977GBScottish drummer
- Tom Mackintoshb. 1997NZNew Zealand rower
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #20,911 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,717 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1K | #22,870 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 56 | #41,375 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 56 | #40,981 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 50 | #30,770 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 45 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 17 | #42,663 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 14 | #32,609 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 13 | #32,003 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 8 | #617 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 6 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mackintosh mean, and where does it come from?
- from Scottish Gaelic Mac An Toisich, 'son of the leader' Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Mackintosh?
- A machine transcription gives /mækɪntɑʃ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Mackintosh have the most bearers?
- Mackintosh is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mackintosh”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.