McKellar
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair (“son of Ealair”), the Gaelic equivalent of Hillary.
Proper noun
McKellar (countable and uncountable, plural McKellars)
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McKellar is the 10900th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 556.