How common is the surname McAvoy?

4,715 people in the United States had the surname McAvoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,482 Americans. It ranked 7,102nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McAvoy?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McAvoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McAvoy?

May McAvoy, American actress (1899–1984), followed by Charles McAvoy.

Where is the surname McAvoy most common?

Wikidata records people named McAvoy in the United States.

Is the surname McAvoy getting more or less common?

More common. 4,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,715 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname McAvoy

An Irish surname, carried by 4,715 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McAvoy is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Northern Irish variant of McEvoy.

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 4,715 people named McAvoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,482 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,691.

#7,102

rank among US surnames

4,715

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,645)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,096	Creed	4,718	65,440
#7,098	Izzo	4,717	65,454
#7,099	Benn	4,716	65,468
#7,102	McAvoy	4,715	65,482
#7,103	Tingle	4,712	65,523
#7,104	Cataldo	4,711	65,537

Who is named McAvoy

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

96% of people named McAvoy identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McAvoys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

May McAvoy
American actress (1899–1984)
Charles McAvoy
American ice hockey player (born 1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McAvoy

McAvoy has the Soundex code M210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M210.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McAvoy come from?: Northern Irish variant of McEvoy.
How common is the surname McAvoy?: 4,715 people in the United States had the surname McAvoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,482 Americans. It ranked 7,102nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McAvoy?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McAvoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McAvoy?: May McAvoy, American actress (1899–1984), followed by Charles McAvoy.
Where is the surname McAvoy most common?: Wikidata records people named McAvoy in the United States.
Is the surname McAvoy getting more or less common?: More common. 4,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,715 in 2010, up 0.5%.