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    The surname McElhaney

    An Irish surname, carried by 3,853 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M245

    McElhaney: #8,547 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McElhaney #8,547, 3,853 people McElhaney: #8,547 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McElhaney #8,547, 3,853 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McElhaney is more common than 94.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McElhinney.

    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 3,853 people named McElhaney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,131 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,691.

    #8,547
    rank among US surnames
    3,853
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #8,257)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,541Petrone3,85480,110
    #8,547Winner3,85380,131
    #8,551Riehl3,85280,152
    #8,556Gress3,85080,194

    Who is named McElhaney

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

    87% of people named McElhaney identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McElhaney

    McElhaney has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McElhaney come from?
    Variant of McElhinney.
    How common is the surname McElhaney?
    3,853 people in the United States had the surname McElhaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,131 Americans. It ranked 8,547th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McElhaney?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named McElhaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McElhaney getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,853 in 2010, up 4.4%.