The surname McCalister
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,534 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex M242
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Variant of McAllister.
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 1,534 people named McCalister in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,268 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,400.
Who is named McCalister
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
55% of people named McCalister identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 55%
- Black (not Hispanic) 38%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
- Two or more races 2.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like McCalister
McCalister has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McCalister come from?
- Variant of McAllister.
- How common is the surname McCalister?
- 1,534 people in the United States had the surname McCalister in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,268 Americans. It ranked 18,144th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McCalister?
- In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named McCalister identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname McCalister getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,534 in 2010, up 9.6%.