Explore the Family Name Mceldowney

The meaning of Mceldowney

Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Domhnaigh ‘son of the servant of the Church’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Mceldowney saw a slight fluctuation in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname dropped from 24,037 to 24,838, showing a decrease of 3.33 percent. However, the overall count of people with this surname increased by 2.35 percent, from 979 to 1,002. Despite this increase, the proportion of people with the Mceldowney surname per 100,000 decreased by 5.56 percent, from 0.36 to 0.34.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,037	#24,838	-3.33%
Count	979	1,002	2.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.36	0.34	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mceldowney

Regarding ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts among individuals carrying the Mceldowney surname between 2000 and 2010. There was an increase in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying with two or more races. The proportion of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander rose by 58.54 percent, from 0.82 to 1.30, while those identifying with two or more races increased by 53.37 percent, from 1.63 to 2.50. On the other hand, there was a slight decrease of 0.83 percent in those identifying as White, though they still made up the majority at 94.41 percent. Those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 25.00 percent, from 1.12 to 1.40. The proportions of those identifying as Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native remained constant at 0.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.2%	94.41%	-0.83%
Two or More Races	1.63%	2.5%	53.37%
Hispanic	1.12%	1.4%	25%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.82%	1.3%	58.54%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%