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    The surname McAninch

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,831 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M255

    McAninch: #15,883 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McAninch #15,883, 1,831 people McAninch: #15,883 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McAninch #15,883, 1,831 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McAninch is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Aonghuis (“son of Angus”). Compare McInnis.

    McAninch 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 1,831 people named McAninch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,621 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,767.

    #15,883
    rank among US surnames
    1,831
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,269)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,879Bondy1,832168,529
    #15,883Greenblatt1,831168,621
    #15,889Liebman1,830168,713

    Who is named McAninch

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

    94% of people named McAninch identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like McAninch

    McAninch has the Soundex code M255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M255.

    Other Irish surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname McAninch come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Aonghuis (“son of Angus”). Compare McInnis.
    How common is the surname McAninch?
    1,831 people in the United States had the surname McAninch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,621 Americans. It ranked 15,883rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McAninch?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McAninch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is McAninch?
    McAninch is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McAninch getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,831 in 2010, up 3.6%.