McElrath
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled lad”), the same source of Gallery.
Proper noun
editMcElrath (plural McElraths)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, McElrath is the 10326th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3120 individuals. McElrath is most common among White (56.57%) and Black/African American (38.17%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McElrath”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 551.