Mcalister is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mcalister
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Mcalister

How popular is Mcalister?

Mcalister is common in United States.

Mcalister is ranked 23643 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mcalister bearers increased by 2.029214 per cent in 2010 US census to 11665 since 2000, the surname slipped by 195 spots and ranked at 3078. The last name was found in around 40 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.11 84.69
Black 11.63 11.17
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 1.54
Others 1.9 1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.74 0.74
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.32 0.36
Mcalister is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 21744 people have been found who wears Mcalister as their family name. Mcalister is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
244,758 Ukraine10
96,935 Spain10
918,840 India5
8,438 China5
9,391 Guyana5
114,007 Czech Republic4
2,720 South Korea3
11,342 Uruguay3
6,270 Hong Kong3
95,312 Argentina2
3,014 Taiwan2
1,834 Malta2
41,879 Turkey2
900 Laos2
54,641 Sweden2
6,353 Panama2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
118,015 Netherlands1
24,771 Colombia1
40,340 Malaysia1
58,885 Poland1
28,365 Kenya1
29,046 Japan1
29,595 Iran1
20,172 Hungary1
53,033 Nigeria1
66,560 Philippines1
36,678 Singapore1
165,773 Belarus1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
21,562 Portugal1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
7,847 Albania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
24,176 Qatar1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
374 Jersey39
4,911 Trinidad and Tobago23
52,530 Belgium22
4,647 Thailand21
55,829 Zimbabwe16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,105 Wales90
117,149 France73
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
Countries with hundreds of Mcalister:
342 Northern Ireland990
9,471 South Africa676
6,481 Canada657
1,633 Scotland446
2,165 New Zealand350
2,190 Ireland213
71,225 Germany134
23,602 Mexico131
75,961 Brazil111
Countries with thousands of Mcalister:
1,601 Australia2,002
4,710 England1,565
Countries with ten thousands of Mcalister:
2,864 United States14,030
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Mcalister was 52 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 13, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as maid and took Liverpool from Liverpool. Sarah Mcalister (25) Maid, Workman Rindale Mcalister, Workman Hugh Mcalister, Maria Mcalister, aged 21, Chas. Mcalister, aged 23, Mary Mcalister (40) Immigrant, 20 years old Mary Mcalister, Workman William Mcalister, and 53 other Mcalister around 55.17% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Mcalister Namesakes

  • Fred McAlister, Baseball Player
  • Astyn McAlister, Luke McAlister's daughter
  • Ron McAlister, Politician
  • Peter McAlister, Cricket Player
  • Chris McAlister, Football player
  • Jim McAlister, Scottish footballer
  • David McAlister, Actor
  • John McAlister, Political figure
  • James McAlister, Football player
  • Scarlett McAlister, Actress

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