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    The surname McKelvy

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,407 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M241

    McKelvy: #19,266 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McKelvy #19,266, 1,407 people McKelvy: #19,266 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McKelvy #19,266, 1,407 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKelvy is more common than 88.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    A variant of McKelvey.

    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 1,407 people named McKelvy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,435 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,329.

    #19,266
    rank among US surnames
    1,407
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #18,975)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,257Bator1,408219,280
    #19,266Kindt1,407219,435
    #19,275Hanus1,406219,591

    Who is named McKelvy

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

    73% of people named McKelvy identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McKelvy

    McKelvy has the Soundex code M241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M241.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McKelvy come from?
    A variant of McKelvey.
    How common is the surname McKelvy?
    1,407 people in the United States had the surname McKelvy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,435 Americans. It ranked 19,266th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McKelvy?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named McKelvy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McKelvy getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,407 in 2010, up 5.9%.