MacAllister: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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What MacAllister means

MacAllister? Think of it as McAllister with a different pen. The family name meaning is “Son of Alasdair (Alexander)”, the same as for McAllister.

Records show MacAllister as one of the forms McAllister took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: McAlister. The 2010 US Census counted 500 people named MacAllister, ranking it number 43,206 among American surnames.

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