# McAuley (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,186 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,906 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 73,757 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (3,946 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Northern Irish variant of McCauley.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McAuley 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McAuley in Ireland and the United States.

## People named McAuley

- Catherine McAuley, 19th-century Irish sister, venerated by the Roman Catholic Church
- Alphonso McAuley, American actor

## Similar surnames

Macaulay, Mackley, MacAuley, Meckley, Mickley, McCauley, McHale, McCulley, McCully, McClay, McCaulley, McCawley.

## 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.