McAllister

English

Alternative forms

• McAlester, McAlister, McCalister, McCallister, McCollister

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).

Proper noun

McAllister (countable and uncountable, plural McAllisters)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Montana, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.

Derived terms

• mcallisterite

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McAllister is the 1197^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 29544 individuals. McAllister is most common among White (78.29%) and Black/African American (16.15%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McAllister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 543.