McEwen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A surname from Scottish Gaelic
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/məkˈjuən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
McEwen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 16K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 22K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 28K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 352 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)
≈36,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
McEwen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | McEwen | 5 |
| US United States | 7,610 | 1 in 44K | 7.6K | McEwen | 352 |
| CA Canada | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | McEwen | 164 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | McEwen | 155 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 217K | — | McEwen | 3 |
| AU Australia | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | McEwen | 128 |
| GR Greece | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | McEwen | 4 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | McEwen | 73 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John Blackwood McEwenb. 1868GBScottish classical composer and educator (1868–1948)
- James McEwenb. 1872GBEnglish footballer and manager (1872–1942)
- John McEwenb. 1900AUAustralian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (1900-1980)
- Jerry Riversb. 1928USnot in their usual nameAmerican fiddle player (1928–1996)
- Robbie McEwenb. 1972AUAustralian cyclist
- Dawn McEwenb. 1980CACanadian female curler
- Tom McEwenb. 1991GBBritish equestrian
- Rosy McEwenb. 1994GBBritish actor
- Shelby McEwenb. 1996USAmerican high jumper
- Jordan Mcewenb. 2000CAAmerican modeling actress
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 17 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7.6K | #4,659 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 7.4K | #4,422 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.4K | #4,672 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 McEwen mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce McEwen?
- A machine transcription gives /məkˈjuən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does McEwen have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 36 thousand people named McEwen in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mcewen.
- How common is the name McEwen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,610 people named McEwen in 2010, about 1 in 44 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mcewenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “McEwen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.