# McDonell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcdonell/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,075 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,405 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 148,793 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (2,031 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of McDonnell.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McDonell 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McDonell in the United States.

## People named McDonell

- Thomas McDonell, American actor, musician, and artist

## Similar surnames

McDaniel, McDonnell, McDonald, MacDonald, McDonough, McDaniels, McDonagh, McAdams, Mastin, Masten, McAdam, Maston.

## 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.