# McAleese (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcaleese/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 545 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,204 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 566,506 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.5% (577 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa and Irish Mac Giolla Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McAleese in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McAleese in Ireland.

## People named McAleese

- Mary McAleese, 8th President of Ireland

## Similar surnames

McAllister, McAlister, McAlexander, McLeish, McLester, McLaughlin, McCullough, Michaels, McCloskey, McCallister, McCulloch, Mickelson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.