The McDaniel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 88,728 people carried this name — #352 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,320 people counted. That is up 3% from 86,317 in 2000.

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In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 9 births for the McDaniel name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name.

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

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 5
Munster 2
Connacht 1
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

206 families named McDaniel, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 1,064 people lived in those households, 5.2 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: McDaniel, McDanail, McDanald, McDanals, McDanel, Mac Daniel, Mcdaniel, McDaniels, McDanil, McDannel, McDannels, McDanniel, Macdanniels, McDannil, McDanold, McDanolds, McDoniel, McDonniells. 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

North Carolina 61
Virginia 35
Pennsylvania 29
Maryland 26
South Carolina 26
New York 8
Maine 5
New Hampshire 5
Vermont 4
Massachusetts 4
Connecticut 3

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

McDaniel in American newspapers,
1894–1928.

Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name McDaniel
The Washington Daily News 1928-12-04
Newspaper page from The Bolivar Bulletin carrying the name McDaniel
The Bolivar Bulletin 1894-03-23
Newspaper page from The Commercial carrying the name McDaniel
The Commercial 1921-10-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 149,871 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McDaniel in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

1,567 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McDaniel. The most, 421, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 7.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 1,193
Queensland 134
Victoria 103
New South Wales 99
South Australia 13
Tasmania 10
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named McDaniel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hattie McDaniel
    Hattie McDaniel 1893–1952 · fundraiser
  • Sam McDaniel
    Sam McDaniel 1886–1962 · television actor
  • Etta McDaniel
    Etta McDaniel 1890–1946 · film actor
  • Wahoo McDaniel
    Wahoo McDaniel 1938–2002 · American football player
  • Lindy McDaniel
    Lindy McDaniel 1935–2020 · baseball player
  • Mildred McDaniel 1933–2004 · athletics competitor

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

In the public record

People named McDaniel,
in the records of 4 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 States1,509 records

1,509 records of the McDaniel name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1,074
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 119
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 104
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 57
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 49
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 38
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 26
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles B. McDaniel

    Born 1925; from Harrison County, West Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Grafton National Cemetery, West Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herman E. McDaniel

    Born 1920 in Georgia. Enlisted 1945 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; farmer from Laurens County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Middle Georgia Memorial Gardens, Macon, Georgia.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the William Patton from Liverpool, aged 60; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,509 records for McDaniel in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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, 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada182 records

182 records of the McDaniel name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 166
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henry McDaniel

    Died 1871 in Sherbrooke, Guysborough, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Louis McDaniel

    Buried in 1955 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  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 William Austin McDaniel

    Died in service in 1993.

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

Showing 3 of 182 records for McDaniel in Canada.

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

Australia90 records

90 records of the McDaniel name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 35
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 34
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 13
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  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 Thomas McDaniel

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Guildford, sailing from Portsmouth in 1820. Native of London, Middlesex. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1835. Married 1835 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Lawrence McDaniel

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the James Baines, aged 25; 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 Patrick McDaniel

    Boatbuilder of Belfast, Victoria; died 1870.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 90 records for McDaniel in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). 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).

United Kingdom8 records

8 records of the McDaniel name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 5
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Stirling Council burial records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jetta Scully McDaniel

    Died 1998, aged 69; buried at St Thomas Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Henry McDaniel

    Buried in 1845 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 35.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. McDaniel

    Northamptonshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for McDaniel in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); 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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