# McCollum (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccollum/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,990 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,798 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,445 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (19,341 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Coluim (“son of Colum”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCollum in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCollum in the United States.

## People named McCollum

- CJ McCollum, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Elmer McCollum, American biochemist (1879-1967)
- Betty McCollum, American politician
- Errick McCollum, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Bill McCollum, American lawyer and politician (born 1944)
- Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer

## Similar surnames

McCallum, McCullum, McCollom, McClam, McClung, McCullen, McCluney, McClain, McLean, McWilliams, McClendon, McLain.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.