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    The surname McNelly

    A surname, carried by 1,526 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M254

    McNelly: #18,227 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McNelly #18,227, 1,526 people McNelly: #18,227 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McNelly #18,227, 1,526 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNelly is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,526 people named McNelly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,323 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,523.

    #18,227
    rank among US surnames
    1,526
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,165)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,218Corker1,527202,191
    #18,227Bise1,526202,323

    Who is named McNelly

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

    91% of people named McNelly identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    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 McNelly

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname McNelly?
    1,526 people in the United States had the surname McNelly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,323 Americans. It ranked 18,227th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McNelly?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named McNelly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McNelly getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,526 in 2010, up 0.2%.