How common is the surname McNiel?

2,009 people in the United States had the surname McNiel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,681 Americans. It ranked 14,781st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McNiel getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,009 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname McNiel

A surname, carried by 2,009 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M254

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNiel is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

Variant of McNeil.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,009 people named McNiel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,681 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,051.

#14,781

rank among US surnames

2,009

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #13,580)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,775	Secrist	2,010	153,605
#14,781	Bibi	2,009	153,681
#14,783	Gilyard	2,008	153,758
#14,787	Malan	2,007	153,834

Who is named McNiel

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

82% of people named McNiel identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McNiel

McNiel 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 McNiel come from?: Variant of McNeil.
How common is the surname McNiel?: 2,009 people in the United States had the surname McNiel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,681 Americans. It ranked 14,781st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McNiel?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named McNiel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McNiel getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,009 in 2010, down 2.0%.