McCaleb

English

Etymology

Variant of McKillip, under the influence of the unrelated personal name Caleb.

Proper noun

McCaleb (plural McCalebs)

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, McCaleb is the 11275^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2802 individuals. McCaleb is most common among White (77.55%) and Black/African American (17.17%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCaleb”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 544.

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