Where Is the Macpherson Clan from?

listen (help·info)) is a Highland Scottish clan and a member of the Chattan Confederation.

Where is the MacPherson clan from in Scotland?

Surname distribution in Scotland: The MacPherson name is most common in Highland (an amalgamation of the historic counties of Caithness, Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Ross and Cromarty and Sutherland), Perth and Kinross and the Outer Hebrides. Places of Interest: Clan Macpherson Museum, Newtonmore.

Is McPherson Irish or Scottish?

Mcpherson Name Meaning

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Phearsain 'son of the parson' (see Parsons). This is the surname of various ecclesiastical families in Aberdeenshire and Argyll; it is also established in northern Ireland.