McNeely

English

Alternative forms

• McNeeley, McNeilly, McNelley, Meneely

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an Fhilidh (“son of the poet”), from fili (“poet, seer”).

Proper noun

McNeely (plural McNeelys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McNeely is the 3183^rd 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McNeely”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 560.