Explore the Family Name Mczeal

The meaning of Mczeal

Scottish: of uncertain origin. The letter z was used in Older Scots to represent the obsolete letter ʒ (yogh), pronounced variously as ‘y, g’, or a gutteral fricative, so this may be a Scottish variant of McGill.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Mczeal has increased over time. In 2000, it was ranked at 43,708 but by 2010, it had moved up to rank 39,281, showing a change of 10.13 percent. The count of people with this surname also increased between these years, from 465 to 560, which is a rise of 20.43 percent. The proportion of individuals with the Mczeal name per 100,000 people also grew from 0.17 to 0.19, marking an increase of 11.76 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,708	#39,281	10.13%
Count	465	560	20.43%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.19	11.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mczeal

In terms of ethnic identity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts among people with the surname Mczeal between 2000 and 2010. The majority identified as Black, with 89.68 percent in 2000 and slightly less (89.46 percent) in 2010, resulting in a small decrease of 0.25 percent. There was no representation among Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native groups in either year. Those identifying as Two or More Races decreased from 3.23 percent to 3.04 percent, while those identifying as White slightly increased from 2.15 percent to 2.32 percent. Individuals identifying as Hispanic saw a notable increase from 4.52 percent to 5.00 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	89.68%	89.46%	-0.25%
Hispanic	4.52%	5%	10.62%
Two or More Races	3.23%	3.04%	-5.88%
White	2.15%	2.32%	7.91%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%