What We Know About the McCool Surname

The McCool family name is well attested in modern population records. Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes. Where a surname's origin is uncertain, as with McCool, the best clues come from your own ancestors' parish and civil records.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists McCool with 7,259 bearers, at rank 4,856. That puts it among the top 5,000 US surnames.

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the McCool name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. Get the complete McCool report, with a museum-style coat of arms.