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    The surname McColley

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,062 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M240

    McColley: #23,804 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McColley #23,804, 1,062 people McColley: #23,804 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McColley #23,804, 1,062 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McColley is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Probably a variant of McCullough.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,062 people named McColley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 290,721 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 920.

    #23,804
    rank among US surnames
    1,062
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.4%
    change since 2000 (was #25,272)

    Who is named McColley

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

    85% of people named McColley identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McColley

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McColley come from?
    Probably a variant of McCullough.
    How common is the surname McColley?
    1,062 people in the United States had the surname McColley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,721 Americans. It ranked 23,804th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McColley?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named McColley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McColley getting more or less common?
    More common. 920 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,062 in 2010, up 15%.