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)

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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 561.

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