Explore the Family Name Mackle

The meaning of Mackle

1. South German (Mäckle): from a pet form of Mack 3. 2. Irish (Roscommon): perhaps from the patronymic Ó Machail, ‘descendant of Machal’. It has sometimes been altered to McKell, as if it were etymologically a Mc- patronymic. Occasionally also a synonym for McGill in the county of Down.

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How common is the last name Mackle in the United States?

The surname Mackle, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, saw a decrease in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the name dropped from 73,659 in 2000 to 80,131 in 2010, marking a decline of 8.79%. The number of individuals carrying the surname also decreased slightly from 245 in 2000 to 237 in 2010, indicating a drop of 3.27%. The proportion per 100k people also witnessed an approximate decrease of 11%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#73,659	#80,131	-8.79%
Count	245	237	-3.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mackle

On the other hand, the ethnicity distribution for those with the surname Mackle saw slight shifts between 2000 and 2010, as suggested by the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, constituting 92.65% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 90.72% in 2010. There was a small increase of Hispanic representation from 2.04% to 2.11%. However, the percentage of Black individuals showed a significant drop from 4.49% to 2.95%. The data for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained at zero for both years. Notably, a new ethnic identity group appeared in the 2010 data - those identifying with two or more races, accounting for 3.38% of the Mackle population.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.65%	90.72%	-2.08%
Two or More Races	0%	3.38%	0%
Black	4.49%	2.95%	-34.3%
Hispanic	2.04%	2.11%	3.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%