How common is the surname MacIntyre?

2,774 people in the United States had the surname MacIntyre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,300 Americans. It ranked 11,371st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname MacIntyre?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named MacIntyre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named MacIntyre?

Marguerite MacIntyre, American actress (born 1965), followed by Carter MacIntyre.

Where is the surname MacIntyre most common?

Wikidata records people named MacIntyre in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce MacIntyre?

MacIntyre is /ˈmækɪnˌtaɪɚ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname MacIntyre getting more or less common?

More common. 2,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,774 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname MacIntyre

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,774 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmækɪnˌtaɪɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex M253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). MacIntyre is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McIntyre.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,774 people named MacIntyre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,300 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,604.

#11,371

rank among US surnames

2,774

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,171)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,362	Roussel	2,777	111,180
#11,365	Cogar	2,776	111,220
#11,368	Nunnery	2,775	111,260
#11,371	MacIntyre	2,774	111,300
#11,374	Gessner	2,773	111,340
#11,377	Bornstein	2,772	111,380
#11,380	Sauers	2,771	111,420

Who is named MacIntyre

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named MacIntyre identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous MacIntyres

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marguerite MacIntyre
American actress (born 1965)
Carter MacIntyre
American actor, born 1979
Ben Macintyre
British author, reviewer and columnist, born 1963

Notable MacIntyres come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like MacIntyre

MacIntyre has the Soundex code M253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M253.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname MacIntyre come from?: Variant of McIntyre.
How common is the surname MacIntyre?: 2,774 people in the United States had the surname MacIntyre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,300 Americans. It ranked 11,371st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname MacIntyre?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named MacIntyre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named MacIntyre?: Marguerite MacIntyre, American actress (born 1965), followed by Carter MacIntyre.
Where is the surname MacIntyre most common?: Wikidata records people named MacIntyre in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce MacIntyre?: MacIntyre is /ˈmækɪnˌtaɪɚ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname MacIntyre getting more or less common?: More common. 2,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,774 in 2010, up 6.5%.