McKellar
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair (“son of Ealair”), the Gaelic equivalent of Hillary.
Proper noun
McKellar (countable and uncountable, plural McKellars)
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McKellar is the 10900th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2921 individuals. McKellar is most common among White (71.65%) and Black/African American (23.11%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McKellar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 556.