McKillop
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Gaelic Mac Fhilib 'son of Philip'; first attested Finlaius Macpilibh 1433
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
McKillop is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 291K(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 4.3M
- CZCzechia1 in 11M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 32 (measured from records)
- 1 in 291K (inferred from the name graph)
1,142 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Gaelic Mac Fhilib 'son of Philip'; first attested Finlaius Macpilibh 1433
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
McKillop counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,142 | 1 in 291K | 1.4K | McKillop | 32 |
| PL Poland | 9 | 1 in 4.3M | 6 | — | — |
| CZ Czechia | 1 | 1 in 11M | 1 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | — | — | McKillop | 13 |
| AR Argentina | — | — | — | McKillop | 2 |
| GT Guatemala | — | — | — | McKillop | 2 |
| DO Dominican Republic | — | — | — | McKillop | 1 |
1,142 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
McKillop is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, From Gaelic, ‘son of Philip’.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hugh Cummings McKillopb. 1872CACanadian politician
- Tom McKillopb. 1917GBScottish footballer (1917-2000)
- Don McKillopb. 1929GBactor (1929-2005)
- Tom McKillopb. 1943GBChemist, businessman, banker
- Bob McKillopb. 1950USAmerican basketball coach
- Heather McKillopb. 1953USCanadian-American Mesoamericanists
- Patricia McKillopb. 1956ZWfield hockey player
- Lee Mackb. 1968GBnot in their usual nameBritish comedian
- Scott McKillopb. 1986USAmerican football linebacker
- Michael McKillopb. 1990IEIrish middle-distance running
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.4K | #19,051 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.1K | #22,516 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #22,403 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 6 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 6 | #181,844 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #276,446 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 1 | #267,460 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name McKillop mean, and where does it come from?
- from Gaelic Mac Fhilib 'son of Philip'; first attested Finlaius Macpilibh 1433 Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does McKillop have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named McKillop, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mckillop.
- Where is McKillop most common?
- McKillop is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 291 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name McKillop?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,142 people named McKillop in 2010, about 1 in 291 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “McKillop”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.