Explore the Family Name Mcelmeel

The meaning of Mcelmeel

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Michil ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Michael’. The surname contains an earlier borrowing of the Biblical personal name Michael, before the lengthened vowels of the modern Irish Gaelic form Mícheál.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Mcelmeel showed a subtle increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 72,237th in terms of frequency, but by 2010, it had risen to 71,042nd place. This represents a positive change of 1.65 in ranking. Additionally, the count of people with this surname also increased during this period from 251 to 275, showing a growth of 9.56. However, despite these increases, the proportion per 100k population for the Mcelmeel surname remained stable at 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#72,237	#71,042	1.65%
Count	251	275	9.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.09	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mcelmeel

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates that the majority of individuals with the Mcelmeel surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. Specifically, 99.60% reported this ethnic identity in 2000, although by 2010, this figure had slightly decreased to 95.27%. Interestingly, there was a new ethnic identity reported in 2010, with 4% identifying as Hispanic. It's important to note that the data for other ethnicities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either zero or suppressed for privacy reasons in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	99.6%	95.27%	-4.35%
Hispanic	0%	4%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%