# McKell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mckell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 578 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,332 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 534,162 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.8% (536 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Shortened Anglicized form of a Scottish Gaelic or Irish surname beginning with Mac Giolla (“son of the lad”), from giolla (“lad, boy”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McKell 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Mickle, Mikell, Mikel, Mickel, McKeel, Mackall, Muckle, McCall, McGill, Michell, McColl, Maskell.

## 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.