# McGrail (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcgrail/  
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) | 2,210 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,700 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 139,704 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (2,155 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Réill, a variant of Mac Néill, from which McNeil.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McGrail 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McGrail in the United States.

## People named McGrail

- Walter McGrail, American actor (1888-1970)

## Similar surnames

McCarley, McCarroll, McCurley, Mazzarella, McSorley, Muscarella, Messerly.

## 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.