Scottish surnames

The Scots-Irish DNA Project now has 761 participating families. Below is a roster of the participating families. As you can see the families are a combination of Lowland and Highland Scottish surnames with a few native Irish surnames. All these families self identify as being Scots-Irish. Most of these families participated in the 18th Century Ulster Migration to English Colonies and early Republic, or in the 19th Century Ulster migration into Canada. The majority of the Lowland Scottish…

Lists of surnames organized by letter, ethnicity and more.

Scottish surname map - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document is a map showing the geographical origins and locations of Scottish clan names across Scotland. It depicts the major Scottish clans clustered in different regions of Scotland, including the Highlands and Lowlands. The clans shown include MacDonald, Campbell, Fraser, Stewart, Gordon, Graham, and others located in their traditional homelands.

For people who want to trace their family roots, one of the best places to look for clues is your surname. Every culture has a different naming convention. If you are of Scottish origin, your name may indicate what clan you belong to, your family’s trade, or your place of origin. However, your last name is just scratching the surface of your lineage in Scotland. Some of the most common surnames in Scotland’s registers actually come from the same family lineage but have different spellings.

~Sinclair~ A Scottish surname derived from the Norman-French city Saint Clair.

Scots surnames