How common is the surname McKillop?

1,142 people in the United States had the surname McKillop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,355 Americans. It ranked 22,516th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McKillop?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McKillop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McKillop getting more or less common?

More common. 1,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,142 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname McKillop

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,142 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M241

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKillop is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McKillip.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,142 people named McKillop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 270,355 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,072.

#22,516

rank among US surnames

1,142

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,403)

Who is named McKillop

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

96% of people named McKillop identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Mackillop

Surnames that sound like McKillop

McKillip

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

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McKillop come from?: Variant of McKillip.
How common is the surname McKillop?: 1,142 people in the United States had the surname McKillop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,355 Americans. It ranked 22,516th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKillop?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McKillop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname McKillop getting more or less common?: More common. 1,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,142 in 2010, up 6.5%.
What are other spellings of McKillop?: Mackillop.