Q: why are surnames starting with mac and mc popular. In the uk and us?
A: mcdonald mcadams mccarthy mcconaughey mclean mcgregor mclntosh mclntyre... There are just a faw famous surnames starting with mac or mc but they raise the question : why is the prelix mac or mc so commonly found among us?. Thes aurnames actully originated among the scoltish and the lrish mac and its abbreviation mc. Are prefixes meaning son of are usually folliwed by the name of ancestors. For example the mcdonald. Mc and mac are sometimes followed by the father profession such as person such as macKenzic meaning son of the fair one