McAlister
English
Etymology
Variant of McAllister.
Proper noun
McAlister (plural McAlisters)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McAlister is the 3078th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11665 individuals. McAlister is most common among White (83.11%) and Black/African American (11.63%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McAlister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 543.