The McDaniels surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,256 people carried this name — #4,858 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,907 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McDaniels surname

Variant of McDaniel, with redundant patronymic -s.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McDaniels» (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, McDaniels was counted together with McDaniel: 206 families in all.

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

McDaniels in American newspapers,
1926.

Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name McDaniels
The Indian Leader 1926-10-29
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name McDaniels
Evening Star 1926-03-26

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

In print

McDaniels in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

209 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McDaniels. The most, 51, 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 Western Australia, at 7.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 152
Queensland 17
New South Wales 15
Tasmania 8
Victoria 8
ACT (Canberra) 3
South Australia 3

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

Who carried it

People named McDaniels,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jim McDaniels
    Jim McDaniels 1948–2017 · basketball player
  • Gene McDaniels 1935–2011 · saxophonist
  • Booker McDaniels 1913–1974 · baseball player
  • Dave McDaniels 1945–2012 · American football player

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

In the public record

People named McDaniels,
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 States428 records

428 records of the McDaniels name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 183
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 119
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 53
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 43
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Johnny Anderson McDaniels

    Born 1945; from Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1968 in Kontum, South Vietnam. Buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    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 Ted D. McDaniels

    Born 1905 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock; aircraft mechanic from Pike County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    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 Mary McDaniels

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Emerald Isle from Liverpool, aged 18; domestic. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 428 records for McDaniels in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Canada9 records

9 records of the McDaniels name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Beatrice Margaret Alderman McDaniels

    Died 2000, aged 80; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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

    Died 1918 in Sydney, Cape Breton, 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 Daniel John McDaniels

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 9 records for McDaniels in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. 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).

Australia8 records

8 records of the McDaniels name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo McDaniels

    Arrived in Victoria in 1904 aboard the Ortona, aged 35.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ann McDaniels

    Died 1856 in Oatlands, Tasmania, aged 43.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elaine Elizabeth McDaniels

    Of Ringwood, Victoria; died 2001.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for McDaniels in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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