# McNally (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,039 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,268 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,250 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (15,768 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Nally |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Con Allaidh (son of the wild hound) derived from cú allaid (“wild hound, wild dog”), or in Connacht Irish Mac an Fhailghigh derived from failgheach (“poor man”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McNally 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McNally in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named McNally

- Terrence McNally, American playwright (1938–2020)
- Stephen McNally, American actor (1913-1994)
- Mark McNally, British cyclist
- Dave McNally, American baseball player (1942-2002)
- Randy McNally, American politician (born 1944)

## Similar surnames

McNeil, McKinley, McNeal, McNeill, McNeely, McAnally, McNiel, McNealy, McNeilly, Macneill, McNelly, McNeeley.

## 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.