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    The surname Macneill

    A surname, carried by 1,553 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M254

    Macneill: #17,980 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Macneill #17,980, 1,553 people Macneill: #17,980 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Macneill #17,980, 1,553 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Macneill is more common than 88.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,553 people named Macneill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,508.

    #17,980
    rank among US surnames
    1,553
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,282)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,975Archila1,554198,678
    #17,980Plath1,553198,806

    Who is named Macneill

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Macneill identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Macneill

    Macneill has the Soundex code M254, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M254.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Macneill?
    1,553 people in the United States had the surname Macneill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,806 Americans. It ranked 17,980th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Macneill?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Macneill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Macneill getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,553 in 2010, up 3.0%.