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The surname Maginnis

A surname, carried by 1,489 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M252

Maginnis: #18,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maginnis #18,529, 1,489 people Maginnis: #18,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maginnis #18,529, 1,489 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maginnis is more common than 88.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,489 people named Maginnis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,351 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,028.

#18,529
rank among US surnames
1,489
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+44.8%
change since 2000 (was #23,167)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,523Gillaspie1,490207,212
#18,529Spady1,489207,351

Who is named Maginnis

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

93% of people named Maginnis identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maginnis

Maginnis has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

Questions

How common is the surname Maginnis?
1,489 people in the United States had the surname Maginnis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,351 Americans. It ranked 18,529th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maginnis?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Maginnis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Maginnis getting more or less common?
More common. 1,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,489 in 2010, up 45%.