The McCully surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,256 people carried this name — #9,919 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,010 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McCully surname

From the Scottish Gaelic variant of McCullough.

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

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 5 births for the McCully name in 1890.

Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 200 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 4
Leinster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, McCully was counted together with McAuley: 91 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 430 people lived in those households, 4.7 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: McAuley, McCalley, McCally, Maccauley, Maccauly, McCauley, McCaulley, McCauly, McCawley, McCawly, McColley, McColly, McCulley, Mcculley, McCully, Mecauley. 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 32
North Carolina 23
Maryland 12
New Hampshire 6
New York 6
South Carolina 6
Virginia 3
Massachusetts 2
Maine 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. 251 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

McCully in American newspapers,
1911–1924.

Newspaper page from Cottonwood Chronicle carrying the name McCully
Cottonwood Chronicle 1920-01-23
Newspaper page from Laredo Weekly Times carrying the name McCully
Laredo Weekly Times 1911-07-23
Newspaper page from San Antonio Light carrying the name McCully
San Antonio Light 1924-04-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 59,408 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McCully in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

2,767 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McCully. The most, 772, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,441
Victoria 923
Queensland 156
Western Australia 129
South Australia 95
ACT (Canberra) 11
Tasmania 10
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named McCully,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jonathan McCully
    Jonathan McCully 1809–1877 · journalist
  • Newton A. McCully
    Newton A. McCully 1867–1951 · military officer
  • Laura Elizabeth McCully
    Laura Elizabeth McCully 1886–1924 · activist
  • Lawrence McCully
    Lawrence McCully 1831–1892 · lawyer
  • Charlie McCully 1947–2007 · association football player
  • Ed McCully 1927–1956 · missionary

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McCully,
in the records of 5 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 States417 records

417 records of the McCully name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 129
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 111
  • Other U.S. records 177
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hugh C. McCully

    Born 1914 in District of Columbia. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Lee, Virginia; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Charles Memorial Gardens Inc, Leonardtown, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas McCully

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 24; laborer. From Belfast, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Richard Ora McCully

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1940, died 1996; buried at Omaha National Cemetery, Nebraska.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 417 records for McCully 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. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada443 records

443 records of the McCully name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 432
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • Other Canadian records 4
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Muriel Isabelle McCully

    Buried in 1990 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 88.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary McCully

    Died 1931 in St Bernard, Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Fred Archibald McCully

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 443 records for McCully in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia170 records

170 records of the McCully name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 82
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 52
  • Other Australian records 36
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Alexander McCully

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Parkfield, arriving 1839; certificate of freedom 1855.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Archd McCully

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Lightning, aged 27; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William McCully

    Former contractor of Dandenong, Victoria; died 1940.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 170 records for McCully in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

New Zealand11 records

11 records of the McCully name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Samuel McCully

    Died 1926, aged 74; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Charles Samuel McCully

    Died 1945, aged 63; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Ann McCully

    Died 1957, aged 64; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for McCully in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the McCully name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. McCully

    Sapper, Royal Garrison Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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