McAlester

English

Etymology

Variant of McAllister.

Proper noun

McAlester (countable and uncountable, plural McAlesters)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A city, the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McAlester is the 107134^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 166 individuals. McAlester is most common among White (64.46%) and Black/African American (27.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McAlester”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 543.