McAleese

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Íosa and Irish Mac Giolla Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”).

Proper noun

McAleese (plural McAleeses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McAleese is the 40204^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 545 individuals. McAleese is most common among White (95.05%) individuals.

Further reading

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