# McBride (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcbride/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 63,899 |
| US rank (2010) | 527 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,832 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (60,874 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”). Compare Kilbride, Bredin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McBride in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

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

## People named McBride

- Danny McBride, American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter
- Melissa McBride, American actress
- Martina McBride, American country singer
- Brian McBride, American soccer player
- Sarah McBride, American human rights activist and politician (born 1990)
- Chi McBride, American actor
- Jon McBride, American astronaut (1943–2024)
- Christian McBride, American jazz bassist, composer, and arranger
- James McBride, American writer
- Kayla McBride, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Miles McBride, American basketball player
- Angus McBride, British artist (1931–2007)

and 6 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

McBryde, McIver, McBroom, McBrayer, McBurney, McBrien, McBreen, McBrearty, McFarland, McPherson, McGovern, McFarlane.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.