How common is the surname McAteer?

2,124 people in the United States had the surname McAteer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,360 Americans. It ranked 14,148th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McAteer?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named McAteer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce McAteer?

McAteer is /ˈmækəˌtɪɚ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McAteer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,040 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,124 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname McAteer

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,124 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmækəˌtɪɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex M236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McAteer is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac an tSaoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).

McAteer 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 2,124 people named McAteer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,360 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,040.

#14,148

rank among US surnames

2,124

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,641)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,139	Fujii	2,125	145,292
#14,148	Longwell	2,124	145,360
#14,152	Renick	2,123	145,429
#14,155	Lappin	2,122	145,497

Who is named McAteer

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

97% of people named McAteer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Minteer

Surnames that sound like McAteer

McAteer has the Soundex code M236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M236.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McAteer come from?: Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac an tSaoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).
How common is the surname McAteer?: 2,124 people in the United States had the surname McAteer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,360 Americans. It ranked 14,148th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McAteer?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named McAteer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce McAteer?: McAteer is /ˈmækəˌtɪɚ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is McAteer?: McAteer is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McAteer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,040 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,124 in 2010, up 4.1%.
What are other spellings of McAteer?: Minteer.