as a Last Name
- 36,784
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Mcneil
Meaning & Origins
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Néill, a patronymic from the personal name Niall (genitive Néill), thought to mean ‘champion’ (see Neill). In Scotland MacNeills are associated with Barra and Gigha in the Hebrides; some of them went to Antrim and Derry in Ireland.
| 956th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 36,784
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Mcneil per capita
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