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    The surname McAdams

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 11,547 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M235

    McAdams: #3,122 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McAdams #3,122, 11,547 people McAdams: #3,122 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McAdams #3,122, 11,547 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McAdams is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    A variant of McAdam.

    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 11,547 people named McAdams in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,738 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,455.

    #3,122
    rank among US surnames
    11,547
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,877)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,113Botello11,56926,687
    #3,115Barclay11,56826,690
    #3,116Grissom11,56326,701
    #3,117Canfield11,56026,708
    #3,119Edge11,55626,717
    #3,120Cota11,55426,722
    #3,121Perrin11,55026,731

    Who is named McAdams

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

    86% of people named McAdams identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McAdamss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ben McAdams
      American politician, born 1974

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McAdams

    McAdams has the Soundex code M235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M235.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McAdams come from?
    A variant of McAdam.
    How common is the surname McAdams?
    11,547 people in the United States had the surname McAdams in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,738 Americans. It ranked 3,122nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McAdams?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named McAdams identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McAdams?
    Ben McAdams, American politician.
    Where is the surname McAdams most common?
    Wikidata records people named McAdams in the United States.
    Is the surname McAdams getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,547 in 2010, up 0.8%.