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The MCNEELY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 11,235 2941 0.004 42
United States (1880 census) 68 41290 0 1
Change since 1880 +11167 +38349 +N/A +41
Other Countries
Australia 9 95692 0 1
United Kingdom 165 18444 0 4
Top States for MCNEELY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 1,186 2071 0.006 57
North Carolina 850 1482 0.011 106
Indiana 596 1253 0.010 98
Ohio 588 2415 0.005 52
California 551 5256 0.002 16
Top States for MCNEELY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
West Virginia 517 534 0.029 286
South Carolina 432 1561 0.011 108
North Carolina 850 1482 0.011 106
Indiana 596 1253 0.010 98
Arkansas 251 1456 0.009 94

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MCNEELY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MCNEELY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MCNEELY in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MCNEELY by picking someone at random in West Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MCNEELY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MCNEELY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MCNEELY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MCNEELY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 165 1.47
White (Hispanic) 137 1.22
Native American/Alaskan 85 0.76
Asian/Pacific 27 0.24
White (Caucasian) 9,722 86.53
Black/African American 1,099 9.78

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MCNEELY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MCNEELY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MCNEELY.

Similar names to MCNEELY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MCNEELY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MCNEELY

The following words are slight variants of MCNEELY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.