How common is the surname McAleer?

2,342 people in the United States had the surname McAleer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,830 Americans. It ranked 13,096th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McAleer?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named McAleer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McAleer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,342 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname McAleer

An occupational surname, carried by 2,342 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McAleer is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Giolla Uidihir (“son of the servant of (Saint) Odhar”), a byname from odhar (“dun; dull, dark”). Compare McLear and McClure.

McAleer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,342 people named McAleer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,830 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,258.

#13,096

rank among US surnames

2,342

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,583)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,087	Carpentier	2,345	131,661
#13,088	Pascarella	2,344	131,717
#13,091	DiMatteo	2,343	131,774
#13,096	Highland	2,342	131,830
#13,099	Lipford	2,341	131,886
#13,101	Vansant	2,340	131,943

Who is named McAleer

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

97% of people named McAleer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McAleer

McAleer has the Soundex code M246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M246.

Questions

Where does the surname McAleer come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Giolla Uidihir (“son of the servant of (Saint) Odhar”), a byname from odhar (“dun; dull, dark”). Compare McLear and McClure.
How common is the surname McAleer?: 2,342 people in the United States had the surname McAleer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,830 Americans. It ranked 13,096th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McAleer?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named McAleer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is McAleer?: McAleer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname McAleer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,342 in 2010, up 3.7%.