McHarg

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conchairge, patronymic from Cm Chairge ‘hound of the rock’ or Giolla Chairge ‘lad of the rock’

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/məkɑɹɡ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

McHarg is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 5.6M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

296 people, 2010

Sources
4 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conchairge, patronymic from Cm Chairge ‘hound of the rock’ or Giolla Chairge ‘lad of the rock’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

McHarg 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.

Where McHarg is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2961 in 1.1M296McHarg3
ES Spain91 in 5.6M9——

296 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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)

1850190019502000Ormsby McHarg, b. 1871Ian McHarg, b. 1920Elizabeth McHarg, b. 1923Alastair McHarg, b. 1944Rodger McHarg, b. 1947Scott McHarg, b. 1974

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)

FormalDear Mcharg,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting McHarg
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010296#66,754
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000281#65,862
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020273#76,032
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—9#126,713
US United Stateswru 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
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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 McHarg mean, and where does it come from?
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conchairge, patronymic from Cm Chairge ‘hound of the rock’ or Giolla Chairge ‘lad of the rock’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce McHarg?
A machine transcription gives /məkɑɹɡ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does McHarg have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 296 people named McHarg, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mcharg.
Where is McHarg most common?
McHarg is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.1 million people carrying it.
How common is the name McHarg?
In the United States, the national register counted 296 people named McHarg in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.

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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, “McHarg”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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