McCallum
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Caluim (“son of Calum”).
Proper noun
McCallum (countable and uncountable, plural McCallums)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A community on the south coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McCallum is the 3495th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10229 individuals. McCallum is most common among White (73.74%) and Black/African American (21.46%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCallum”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 544.