The McCollom Last Name

Long before computers fixed spellings, McCollom and McCollum were used side by side. Taken at its root, McCollom points to “son of Colum, 'dove'”.

McCollom and McCollum

McCollom writes “o” in place of the “u” found in McCollum, a common scribal difference. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include MacCollum, McCallum and MacCallum.

In the 2010 US Census, 1,589 Americans gave McCollom as their last name (rank 17,668).

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to McCollum and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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