MacDonell
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/məkdɑnɛɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
MacDonell is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: see McDonnell.
- CACanada
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
see McDonnell.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alexander Macdonellb. 1762CARoman Catholic bishop of Kingston, Upper Canada
- James Macdonnellb. 1781GBnot in their usual nameBritish army officer
- John Macdonellb. 1785CACanadian politician
- Hugh MacDonellb. 1832GBMacDonell, Sir Hugh Guion (1832–1904), diplomat
- Agnes Macdonellb. 1840GBBritish writer
- John Macdonellb. 1846GBBritish jurist (1846 – 1921)
- William Andrew Macdonellb. 1853Catholic bishop
- Arthur Anthony Macdonellb. 1854GBBritish Sanskrit scholar (1854–1930)
- A. G. Macdonellb. 1895INBritish journalist and writer (1895–1941)
- Gordon McDonellb. 1905USnot in their usual nameAmerican screenwriter (1905-1995)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 760 | #32,440 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 738 | #31,383 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 646 | #33,333 |
| GB United Kingdom | BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- How do you pronounce MacDonell?
- A machine transcription gives /məkdɑnɛɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name MacDonell mean?
- Recorded meaning: see McDonnell.
- In which country does MacDonell have the most bearers?
- MacDonell is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/macdonellThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “MacDonell”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.