How common is the surname McAleese?

545 people in the United States had the surname McAleese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. It ranked 40,204th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McAleese?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McAleese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McAleese?

Mary McAleese, 8th President of Ireland.

Where is the surname McAleese most common?

Wikidata records people named McAleese in Ireland.

Is the surname McAleese getting more or less common?

Less common. 577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 545 in 2010, down 5.5%.

The surname McAleese

An occupational surname, carried by 545 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McAleese is more common than 75.2% of them.

Origin

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

McAleese 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 545 people named McAleese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. That is down 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 577.

#40,204

rank among US surnames

545

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-5.5%

change since 2000 (was #36,572)

Who is named McAleese

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

95% of people named McAleese identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

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

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McAleeses

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary McAleese
8th President of Ireland, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McAleese

McAleese has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

Questions

Where does the surname McAleese come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa and Irish Mac Giolla Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”).
How common is the surname McAleese?: 545 people in the United States had the surname McAleese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. It ranked 40,204th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McAleese?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McAleese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McAleese?: Mary McAleese, 8th President of Ireland.
Where is the surname McAleese most common?: Wikidata records people named McAleese in Ireland.
What type of surname is McAleese?: McAleese is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname McAleese getting more or less common?: Less common. 577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 545 in 2010, down 5.5%.