There are various ancestral surnames, better known as Septs, that have connections by heritage to the Clan Mackintosh. The Mackintoshes themselves are a sept of the Clan Chattan, which includes the Farquharsons, Shaws, MacPhersons, MacBeans, and eleven others.

The Clan is basically a family and the name is derived from a gaelic word meaning children. The Clan system emerged from the old tribal ways of the people living in what is now called Scotland. From around the 10th to 13th centuries more and more names became recognised as Clan names with their own varied histories and genealogies. Clan names are now representative of blood lines and all members of a clan share one bloodline.

Here is a list of the many Septs that have a family association with the Clan Mackintosh.

ADAMSON AYSON CASH CLARK CLARKE CLARKSON CLERK CLERKSON COMBE COMBIE CRARER CREARAR CREARER CRERAR DALLAS DOLES EASON EASSON EGGIE EGGO EGO ELDER ESSON GLEN GLENNIE GLENNY HARDIE

HARDY HEGGIE HIGGISON HOSICK HOSSACK LEARY MACANDREW MACARTNEY MACAY MACCAISH MACCARDNEY MACCARTNEY MACCASH MACCAUSE MACCHLERY MACCLAIR MACCLEARY MACCLERY MACCOLM MACCOMAS MACCOMB MACCOMBE MACCOMBICH MACCOMBIE MACCOMIE MACCONCHIE MACFAIL

MACFALL MACFAULD MACGLASHAN MACGLASHEN MACHARDAY MACHARDIE MACHARDY MACKAY MACKEGGIE MACKEISON MACKESON MACKIESON MACKILLICAN MACKILLIGAN MACKINTOSH MACLEAR MACLEARY MACLEHOSE MACLERIE MACNEVIN MACNIVEN MACOMIE MACOMISH MACPHAIL MACPHIAL MACPHIEL MACRITCHIE

MACTAUSE MACTAVISH MACTHOMAS MACVAIL MCINTOSH MCKINTOSH NAIRN NAIRNE NEVIN NEVINS NEVISON NIVEN NOBLE PAUL RAULL RIPLEY RITCHIE SIVEWRIGHT TARRELL TAWESON TAWSON THOM THOMS THONS TOSH TOSHACH