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The surname McColl

A surname, carried by 1,615 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M240

McColl: #17,455 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McColl #17,455, 1,615 people McColl: #17,455 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McColl #17,455, 1,615 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McColl is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Colla, a personal name of uncertain origin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,615 people named McColl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,174 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,454.

#17,455
rank among US surnames
1,615
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+11.1%
change since 2000 (was #17,763)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,447Gaye1,616191,055
#17,455Fredericksen1,615191,174
#17,463Bazaldua1,614191,292

Who is named McColl

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

90% of people named McColl identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McColl

McColl has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

Questions

Where does the surname McColl come from?
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Colla, a personal name of uncertain origin.
How common is the surname McColl?
1,615 people in the United States had the surname McColl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,174 Americans. It ranked 17,455th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McColl?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named McColl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McColl getting more or less common?
More common. 1,454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,615 in 2010, up 11%.