# McPhillips (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,877 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,579 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 164,489 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (1,770 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Philib (“son of Philip”); compare McKillip.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McPhillips 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Similar surnames

McPhail, McPhaul, McFall, Maxfield, McFalls, McFaul, McFeely, McEvilly.

## 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.