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The surname McAndrews

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,477 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M253

McAndrews: #12,514 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McAndrews #12,514, 2,477 people McAndrews: #12,514 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McAndrews #12,514, 2,477 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McAndrews is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McAndrew, with the addition of the redundant English excrescent -s.

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 2,477 people named McAndrews in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,645 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,454.

#12,514
rank among US surnames
2,477
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+0.9%
change since 2000 (was #11,709)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,510Shain2,478124,595
#12,514Freire2,477124,645
#12,519Ratzlaff2,476124,695
#12,520Dampier2,475124,746

Who is named McAndrews

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

96% of people named McAndrews identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McAndrews

McAndrews has the Soundex code M253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M253.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McAndrews come from?
Variant of McAndrew, with the addition of the redundant English excrescent -s.
How common is the surname McAndrews?
2,477 people in the United States had the surname McAndrews in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,645 Americans. It ranked 12,514th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McAndrews?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McAndrews identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname McAndrews getting more or less common?
More common. 2,454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,477 in 2010, up 0.9%.