McAlister

English

Etymology

Variant of McAllister.

Proper noun

McAlister (plural McAlisters)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McAlister is the 3078^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11665 individuals. McAlister is most common among White (83.11%) and Black/African American (11.63%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McAlister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 543.