How common is the surname McElfresh?

2,237 people in the United States had the surname McElfresh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McElfresh?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McElfresh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McElfresh getting more or less common?

About as common. 2,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname McElfresh

A Scottish Gaelic occupational surname, carried by 2,237 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M241

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McElfresh is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Bhris (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brice”).

McElfresh is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 2,237 people named McElfresh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,237.

#13,551

rank among US surnames

2,237

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #12,682)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,544	Pero	2,239	137,894
#13,545	Eugenio	2,238	137,956
#13,551	Threlkeld	2,237	138,018

Who is named McElfresh

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

96% of people named McElfresh identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McElfresh

McElveen

McElfresh has the Soundex code M241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M241.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McElfresh come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Bhris (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brice”).
How common is the surname McElfresh?: 2,237 people in the United States had the surname McElfresh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McElfresh?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McElfresh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is McElfresh?: McElfresh is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname McElfresh getting more or less common?: About as common. 2,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.