McNeely
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an Fhilidh (“son of the poet”), from fili (“poet, seer”).
Proper noun edit
McNeely (plural McNeelys)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McNeely is the 3183rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11350 individuals. McNeely is most common among White (84.03%) and Black/African American (10.65%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McNeely”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 560.