The surname McAdory
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 941 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex M236
Origin
Irish origin
Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac an Deoraidh (“son of the stranger”), from Old Irish déorad (“stranger, outlaw”).
McAdory is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 941 people named McAdory in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 328,104 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 928.
Who is named McAdory
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
62% of people named McAdory identified as Black (not Hispanic), 30% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 62%
- White (not Hispanic) 30%
- Two or more races 4.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like McAdory
McAdory has the Soundex code M236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M236.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McAdory come from?
- Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac an Deoraidh (“son of the stranger”), from Old Irish déorad (“stranger, outlaw”).
- How common is the surname McAdory?
- 941 people in the United States had the surname McAdory in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 328,104 Americans. It ranked 26,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McAdory?
- In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named McAdory identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 30% as white (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is McAdory?
- McAdory is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname McAdory getting more or less common?
- More common. 928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 941 in 2010, up 1.4%.