McNeely
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an Fhilidh (“son of the poet”), from fili (“poet, seer”).
Proper noun
editMcNeely (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.