How common is the surname McArdle?

5,424 people in the United States had the surname McArdle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,922 Americans. It ranked 6,299th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McArdle?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McArdle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McArdle?

Rory McArdle, association football player, followed by Andrea McArdle.

Where is the surname McArdle most common?

Wikidata records people named McArdle in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname McArdle getting more or less common?

More common. 5,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,424 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname McArdle

A patronymic surname, carried by 5,424 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McArdle is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Ardail, Mac Ardghail (literally “son of Ardal”), a personal name composed of the elements ard (“high”) + gal (“valor”).

McArdle is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,424 people named McArdle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,922 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,363.

#6,299

rank among US surnames

5,424

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,908)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,296	Eggert	5,427	56,891
#6,297	Hagerman	5,426	56,901
#6,298	Lupo	5,425	56,912
#6,299	McArdle	5,424	56,922

Who is named McArdle

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

95% of people named McArdle identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McArdles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rory McArdle
Association football player, born 1987
Andrea McArdle
American singer and actress, born 1963

Notable McArdles come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McArdle

McArdle has the Soundex code M263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M263.

Questions

Where does the surname McArdle come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Ardail, Mac Ardghail (literally “son of Ardal”), a personal name composed of the elements ard (“high”) + gal (“valor”).
How common is the surname McArdle?: 5,424 people in the United States had the surname McArdle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,922 Americans. It ranked 6,299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McArdle?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McArdle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McArdle?: Rory McArdle, association football player, followed by Andrea McArdle.
Where is the surname McArdle most common?: Wikidata records people named McArdle in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is McArdle?: McArdle is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McArdle getting more or less common?: More common. 5,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,424 in 2010, up 1.1%.