How common is the surname McDavid?

3,092 people in the United States had the surname McDavid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,853 Americans. It ranked 10,413th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce McDavid?

McDavid is /mɪkˈdeɪ.vɪd/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McDavid getting more or less common?

More common. 2,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,092 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname McDavid

A patronymic surname, carried by 3,092 people in the United States.

Pronounced /mɪkˈdeɪ.vɪd/ 3 syllables Soundex M231

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McDavid is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

Partially translated form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Daibhéid (“son of David”). Compare McDade. By surface analysis, Mc- + David.

McDavid is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,092 people named McDavid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,853 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,996.

#10,413

rank among US surnames

3,092

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,934)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,408	Birdsall	3,095	99,756
#10,410	Albaugh	3,094	99,788
#10,411	Collings	3,093	99,821
#10,413	McDavid	3,092	99,853
#10,414	Houseman	3,091	99,885
#10,416	Diana	3,090	99,918

Who is named McDavid

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

71% of people named McDavid identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

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 McDavid

McDevitt

McDavid has the Soundex code M231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M231.

Questions

Where does the surname McDavid come from?: Partially translated form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Daibhéid (“son of David”). Compare McDade. By surface analysis, Mc- + David.
How common is the surname McDavid?: 3,092 people in the United States had the surname McDavid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,853 Americans. It ranked 10,413th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McDavid?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named McDavid identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce McDavid?: McDavid is /mɪkˈdeɪ.vɪd/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is McDavid?: McDavid is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McDavid getting more or less common?: More common. 2,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,092 in 2010, up 3.2%.