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    The surname McCallion

    A patronymic surname, carried by 846 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M245

    McCallion: #28,263 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McCallion #28,263, 846 people McCallion: #28,263 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McCallion #28,263, 846 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCallion is more common than 82.6% of them.

    Origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Cailín (“son of Cailín”), a personal name which derives from coileán (“cub, puppy”).

    McCallion is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 846 people named McCallion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 364,947 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 778.

    #28,263
    rank among US surnames
    846
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #28,790)

    Who is named McCallion

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

    95% of people named McCallion identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCallion

    McCallion has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCallion come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Cailín (“son of Cailín”), a personal name which derives from coileán (“cub, puppy”).
    How common is the surname McCallion?
    846 people in the United States had the surname McCallion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 364,947 Americans. It ranked 28,263rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCallion?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McCallion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is McCallion?
    McCallion is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McCallion getting more or less common?
    More common. 778 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 846 in 2010, up 8.7%.