The surname McCaleb
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,802 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M241
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Variant of McKillip, under the influence of the unrelated personal name Caleb.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,802 people named McCaleb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,188 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,730.
Who is named McCaleb
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
78% of people named McCaleb identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 78%
- Black (not Hispanic) 17%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like McCaleb
McCaleb has the Soundex code M241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M241.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McCaleb come from?
- Variant of McKillip, under the influence of the unrelated personal name Caleb.
- How common is the surname McCaleb?
- 2,802 people in the United States had the surname McCaleb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,188 Americans. It ranked 11,275th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McCaleb?
- In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named McCaleb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname McCaleb getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,730 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,802 in 2010, up 2.6%.