How common is the surname McCollough?

4,269 people in the United States had the surname McCollough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,323 Americans. It ranked 7,774th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McCollough getting more or less common?

More common. 4,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,269 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname McCollough

An Irish surname, carried by 4,269 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCollough is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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 4,269 people named McCollough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,323 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,129.

#7,774

rank among US surnames

4,269

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,435)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,767	Niemi	4,272	72,272
#7,771	Hinkley	4,271	72,289
#7,772	Grewal	4,270	72,306
#7,774	McCollough	4,269	72,323
#7,776	Husted	4,268	72,340
#7,778	Saltzman	4,267	72,357

Who is named McCollough

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

71% of people named McCollough identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCollough

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McCollough come from?: Variant of McCullough.
How common is the surname McCollough?: 4,269 people in the United States had the surname McCollough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,323 Americans. It ranked 7,774th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCollough?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named McCollough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McCollough getting more or less common?: More common. 4,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,269 in 2010, up 3.4%.