McPhail

English

Alternative forms

• Fyall, MacPhail, McFaul, McField, McPhaul

Etymology

Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Phàil and Irish Mac Phóil, both meaning "son of Paul".

Proper noun

McPhail (plural McPhails)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McPhail is the 6381^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5333 individuals. McPhail is most common among White (78.74%) and Black/African American (15.73%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McPhail”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 561.