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    The surname McNeilly

    A surname, carried by 1,662 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M254

    McNeilly: #17,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McNeilly #17,080, 1,662 people McNeilly: #17,080 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McNeilly #17,080, 1,662 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNeilly is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McNeely.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,662 people named McNeilly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,506.

    #17,080
    rank among US surnames
    1,662
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,304)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,072Flinchum1,663185,656
    #17,080Wile1,662185,767
    #17,087Kendig1,661185,879

    Who is named McNeilly

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

    95% of people named McNeilly identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McNeilly

    McNeilly has the Soundex code M254, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M254.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McNeilly come from?
    Variant of McNeely.
    How common is the surname McNeilly?
    1,662 people in the United States had the surname McNeilly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. It ranked 17,080th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McNeilly?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McNeilly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McNeilly getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,662 in 2010, up 10%.