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    The surname McBeath

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,018 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M213

    McBeath: #24,554 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McBeath #24,554, 1,018 people McBeath: #24,554 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McBeath #24,554, 1,018 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McBeath is more common than 84.9% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Variant of McBeth.

    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 1,018 people named McBeath in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,286 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,010.

    #24,554
    rank among US surnames
    1,018
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,468)

    Who is named McBeath

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

    68% of people named McBeath identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, 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

    Surnames that sound like McBeath

    McBeath has the Soundex code M213, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M213.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McBeath come from?
    Variant of McBeth.
    How common is the surname McBeath?
    1,018 people in the United States had the surname McBeath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,286 Americans. It ranked 24,554th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McBeath?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named McBeath identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McBeath getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,018 in 2010, up 0.8%.