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    The surname MacTavish

    A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 413 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M231

    MacTavish: #50,564 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon MacTavish #50,564, 413 people MacTavish: #50,564 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez MacTavish #50,564, 413 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). MacTavish is more common than 68.8% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic MacTàmhais, a patronymic surname meaning "son of Thomas".

    MacTavish is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 413 people named MacTavish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 747,568 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 358.

    #50,564
    rank among US surnames
    413
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.4%
    change since 2000 (was #54,020)

    Who is named MacTavish

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

    97% of people named MacTavish identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Mctavish
    • M'tavish
    • Mtavish
    • Matavish
    • Tavish

    MacTavish has the Soundex code M231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M231.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname MacTavish come from?
    Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic MacTàmhais, a patronymic surname meaning "son of Thomas".
    How common is the surname MacTavish?
    413 people in the United States had the surname MacTavish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 747,568 Americans. It ranked 50,564th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname MacTavish?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named MacTavish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is MacTavish?
    MacTavish is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname MacTavish getting more or less common?
    More common. 358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 413 in 2010, up 15%.
    What are other spellings of MacTavish?
    Mctavish, M'tavish, Mtavish, Matavish and Tavish.