McElveen
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Mhín (“son of the gentle lad”).
Proper noun
editMcElveen (plural McElveens)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, McElveen is the 8768th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3740 individuals. McElveen is most common among White (62.59%) and Black/African American (34.73%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McElveen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 551.