McKellar
English
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Ealair (“son of Ealair”), the Gaelic equivalent of Hillary.
Proper noun
McKellar (countable and uncountable, plural McKellars)
- A surname, from Scottish Gaelic.
- A town in Ontario, Canada.
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, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN