The surname McAdam
A surname, carried by 2,117 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M235
Origin
Alternative spelling of MacAdam.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,117 people named McAdam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,841 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,058.
#14,184
rank among US surnames
2,117
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+2.9%
change since 2000 (was #13,540)
Who is named McAdam
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named McAdam identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
- Two or more races 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like McAdam
McAdam has the Soundex code M235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M235.
Questions
- How common is the surname McAdam?
- 2,117 people in the United States had the surname McAdam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,841 Americans. It ranked 14,184th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McAdam?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named McAdam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname McAdam getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,117 in 2010, up 2.9%.