The surname McKelvey
An Irish surname, carried by 7,043 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M241
Origin
Irish origin
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Bhuidhe.
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 7,043 people named McKelvey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,837 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,870.
Who is named McKelvey
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named McKelvey identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 85%
- Black (not Hispanic) 11%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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McKelvey has the Soundex code M241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M241.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McKelvey come from?
- Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Bhuidhe.
- How common is the surname McKelvey?
- 7,043 people in the United States had the surname McKelvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,837 Americans. It ranked 4,985th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McKelvey?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named McKelvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname McKelvey getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,043 in 2010, up 2.5%.