The McCollough surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,269 people carried this name — #7,774 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,129 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McCollough surname

Variant of McCullough.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McCollough» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, McCollough was counted together with McCulloch: 145 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 848 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: McCulloch, McCalla, McCallah, McCallow, McCollah, M'Collah, McCollak, McCollegh, MacCollock, McColloch, McCollogh, McCollough, McColough, McCoulough, McCulla, M'Cullah, McCullegh, Mcculloch, McCullock, McCullogh, McCulloh, McCullouch, McCullough, M'Cullough, McCullow. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 67
South Carolina 22
North Carolina 21
Maryland 12
Virginia 9
New York 7
Massachusetts 5
Maine 1
Vermont 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 252 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

McCollough in American newspapers,
1906–1920.

Newspaper page from The Lambertville Record carrying the name McCollough
The Lambertville Record 1920-07-09
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name McCollough
Daily Kennebec Journal 1914-07-11
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name McCollough
The Billings Gazette 1906-02-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,073 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McCollough in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

295 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCollough. The most, 64, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 168
Queensland 53
Victoria 49
South Australia 16
Western Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCollough.

Who carried it

People named McCollough,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Clair McCollough 1904–1995 · manager
  • John McCollough 1770–1847

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named McCollough,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States460 records

460 records of the McCollough name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 175
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 42
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 23
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clyde W. McCollough

    Born 1921 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock; farm hand from Madison County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Friendship Cemetery, Springdale, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gary McCollough

    Born 1948; from Charlotte, North Carolina. U.S. Army, armor crewman; died of wounds 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary McCollough

    Arrived at New York in 1858 aboard the Cultivator from Liverpool, aged 17; domestic. From Tyrone, Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 460 records for McCollough in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia19 records

19 records of the McCollough name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph McCollough

    Arrived in Queensland in 1903 aboard the Kyarra, aged 22.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Danl McCollough

    Arrived in Victoria in 1862 aboard the Morning Light, aged 20.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elizabeth McCollough

    Married 1846 in Hamilton, Tasmania, aged 25.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 19 records for McCollough in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada17 records

17 records of the McCollough name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 16
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robt McCollough

    Came to Ontario in 1880 aboard the Nestorian, landing at Halifax, bound for Chatham, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Roderick F. McCollough

    Died 1897 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Isabella McCollough

    Married 1810 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 17 records for McCollough in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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