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    The surname McKeel

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,860 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M240

    McKeel: #15,687 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McKeel #15,687, 1,860 people McKeel: #15,687 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McKeel #15,687, 1,860 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKeel is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Perhaps a variant of McCall.

    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 1,860 people named McKeel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,992 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,713.

    #15,687
    rank among US surnames
    1,860
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,661)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,681Bertolini1,861165,903
    #15,687Cosenza1,860165,992
    #15,692Milby1,859166,082

    Who is named McKeel

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

    85% of people named McKeel identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McKeel

    McKeel has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McKeel come from?
    Perhaps a variant of McCall.
    How common is the surname McKeel?
    1,860 people in the United States had the surname McKeel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,992 Americans. It ranked 15,687th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McKeel?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named McKeel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McKeel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,860 in 2010, up 8.6%.