# McElveen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcelveen/  
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) | 3,740 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,768 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 82,552 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (3,683 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Mhín (“son of the gentle lad”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McElveen 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) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McElveen in the United States.

## People named McElveen

- Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, American diplomat

## Similar surnames

McKelvey, McElfresh, McKelvy, McAuliffe, McAlpine, McAlpin, McCaleb, McKillip, McGillivray, McIlvain, McKillop, McGilvray.

## 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.