# McAuliffe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcauliffe/  
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 [in turn from Old Norse].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,733 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,996 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,854 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (5,645 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈkɔː.lɪf/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Óláfr.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McAuliffe 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McAuliffe in the United States and Australia.

## People named McAuliffe

- Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut
- Callan McAuliffe, actor
- Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician
- Anthony McAuliffe, American general (1898-1975)
- Jack McAuliffe, American boxer (1866–1937)

## Similar surnames

McAlpine, McAlpin, McKelvey, McElveen, McCaleb, McElfresh, McKillip, McKelvy, McGillivray, McIlvain, McKillop, McGilvray.

## 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.