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    The surname McCollister

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,282 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M242

    McCollister: #20,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCollister #20,648, 1,282 people McCollister: #20,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCollister #20,648, 1,282 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCollister is more common than 87.3% of them.

    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 1,282 people named McCollister in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,216.

    #20,648
    rank among US surnames
    1,282
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,334)

    Who is named McCollister

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

    84% of people named McCollister identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    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 McCollister

    McCollister has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCollister come from?
    Variant of McAllister.
    How common is the surname McCollister?
    1,282 people in the United States had the surname McCollister in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. It ranked 20,648th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCollister?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named McCollister identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McCollister getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,282 in 2010, up 5.4%.