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    The surname Macquarrie

    A surname, carried by 679 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M260

    Macquarrie: #33,567 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Macquarrie #33,567, 679 people Macquarrie: #33,567 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Macquarrie #33,567, 679 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Macquarrie is more common than 79.3% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McQuarrie.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 679 people named Macquarrie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 454,706 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 663.

    #33,567
    rank among US surnames
    679
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #32,652)

    Who is named Macquarrie

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

    95% of people named Macquarrie identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Macquarries

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Murdock MacQuarrie
      American actor and director (1878–1942)
    • Frank MacQuarrie
      Actor (1875-1950)
    • Albert MacQuarrie
      Actor (1882-1950)
    • George MacQuarrie
      Actor (1873–1951)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Macquarrie

    Macquarrie has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Macquarrie come from?
    Variant of McQuarrie.
    How common is the surname Macquarrie?
    679 people in the United States had the surname Macquarrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 454,706 Americans. It ranked 33,567th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Macquarrie?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Macquarrie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Macquarrie?
    Murdock MacQuarrie, American actor and director (1878–1942), followed by Frank MacQuarrie.
    Where is the surname Macquarrie most common?
    Wikidata records people named Macquarrie in the United States.
    Is the surname Macquarrie getting more or less common?
    More common. 663 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 679 in 2010, up 2.4%.