Explore the Family Name Mcelhone

The meaning of Mcelhone

Irish (northern, mainly County Tyrone): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chomhghain ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of (Saint) Comhghan’, a personal name composed of the elements comh ‘together’ + gan-, gen- ‘born’, hence a byname for a twin. Some characteristic forenames: Irish Liam.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Mcelhone has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the rank of the surname was 44,654 and increased to 45,653 in 2010, indicating a drop of approximately 2.24%. Despite this decline in ranking, the actual count of individuals with the Mcelhone name grew from 453 in 2000 to 468 in 2010, a 3.31% increase. However, when taking into account the overall U.S. population growth, the proportion of people with the Mcelhone surname per 100,000 decreased by 5.88% over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,654	#45,653	-2.24%
Count	453	468	3.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.16	-5.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mcelhone

As for the ethnic identity associated with the Mcelhone surname, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows it is overwhelmingly associated with people who identify as White. In 2000, about 97.13% of Mcelhones identified as White, a figure that slightly increased to 98.29% in 2010. The percentage of Mcelhones who identified with two or more races or as Hispanic in 2000 was 1.32%, but these percentages dropped to zero in 2010. There were no Mcelhones who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.13%	98.29%	1.19%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.32%	0%	0%
Hispanic	1.32%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%