How common is the surname Magill?

5,692 people in the United States had the surname Magill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,242 Americans. It ranked 6,036th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Magill?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Magill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Magill?

M. Elizabeth Magill, American legal scholar.

Where is the surname Magill most common?

Wikidata records people named Magill in the United States.

Is the surname Magill getting more or less common?

More common. 5,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,692 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Magill

A surname, carried by 5,692 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Magill is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,692 people named Magill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,242 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,325.

#6,036

rank among US surnames

5,692

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,953)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,028	Herold	5,705	54,118
#6,029	Lightner	5,701	54,156
#6,030	Riojas	5,699	54,175
#6,031	Monreal	5,698	54,185
#6,032	Trudeau	5,697	54,194
#6,033	Leatherman	5,696	54,204
#6,034	Gartner	5,694	54,223

Who is named Magill

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

94% of people named Magill identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Magills

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

M. Elizabeth Magill
American legal scholar, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Magill

Magill has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

Questions

How common is the surname Magill?: 5,692 people in the United States had the surname Magill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,242 Americans. It ranked 6,036th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Magill?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Magill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Magill?: M. Elizabeth Magill, American legal scholar.
Where is the surname Magill most common?: Wikidata records people named Magill in the United States.
Is the surname Magill getting more or less common?: More common. 5,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,692 in 2010, up 6.9%.