McKellar

English

Alternative forms

• MacKellar, McCullah, McCullar, McCuller, McCullers, McKeller

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair (“son of Ealair”), the Gaelic equivalent of Hillary.

Proper noun

McKellar (countable and uncountable, plural McKellars)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A town in Ontario, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McKellar is the 10900^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 556.