The surname McBeth
A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 3,004 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M213
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Beatha (“son of life”).
McBeth is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
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 3,004 people named McBeth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,778 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,992.
Who is named McBeth
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
66% of people named McBeth identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 66%
- Black (not Hispanic) 28%
- Two or more races 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
McBeth has the Soundex code M213, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M213.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McBeth come from?
- Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Beatha (“son of life”).
- How common is the surname McBeth?
- 3,004 people in the United States had the surname McBeth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,778 Americans. It ranked 10,649th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McBeth?
- In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named McBeth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is McBeth?
- McBeth is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname McBeth getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,992 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,004 in 2010, up 0.4%.