How common is the surname McDaniels?

7,256 people in the United States had the surname McDaniels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,550 Americans. It ranked 4,858th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McDaniels?

Jaden McDaniels, American basketball player (born 2000), followed by Darryl McDaniels.

Where is the surname McDaniels most common?

Wikidata records people named McDaniels in the United States.

Is the surname McDaniels getting more or less common?

More common. 6,907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,256 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname McDaniels

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 7,256 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McDaniels is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of McDaniel, with redundant patronymic -s.

McDaniels is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 7,256 people named McDaniels in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,550 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,907.

#4,858

rank among US surnames

7,256

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,849	Hildreth	7,269	42,474
#4,850	Hornsby	7,267	42,486
#4,852	McKenney	7,265	42,498
#4,853	Cupp	7,263	42,509
#4,854	Christ	7,261	42,521
#4,856	McCool	7,259	42,533
#4,857	Ries	7,258	42,539

Who is named McDaniels

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

57% of people named McDaniels identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Black (not Hispanic) 35%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McDanielss

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jaden McDaniels
American basketball player (born 2000)
Darryl McDaniels
American rapper, born 1964
K. J. McDaniels
American basketball player (born 1993)
Jalen McDaniels
American basketball player (born 1998)
Jim McDaniels
American basketball player (1948–2017)
Gene McDaniels
American singer and songwriter (1935-2011)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McDaniels

McDaniels has the Soundex code M235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M235.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McDaniels come from?: Variant of McDaniel, with redundant patronymic -s.
How common is the surname McDaniels?: 7,256 people in the United States had the surname McDaniels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,550 Americans. It ranked 4,858th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McDaniels?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named McDaniels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McDaniels?: Jaden McDaniels, American basketball player (born 2000), followed by Darryl McDaniels.
Where is the surname McDaniels most common?: Wikidata records people named McDaniels in the United States.
What type of surname is McDaniels?: McDaniels is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McDaniels getting more or less common?: More common. 6,907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,256 in 2010, up 5.1%.