How common is the surname McDonagh?

2,086 people in the United States had the surname McDonagh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,008 Americans. It ranked 14,342nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McDonagh?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McDonagh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McDonagh?

Ryan McDonagh, American ice hockey player, followed by Paulette McDonagh.

Where is the surname McDonagh most common?

Wikidata records people named McDonagh in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce McDonagh?

McDonagh is /məkˈdɒnə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McDonagh getting more or less common?

More common. 1,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,086 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname McDonagh

An Irish surname, carried by 2,086 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məkˈdɒnə/ 3 syllables Soundex M235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McDonagh is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A surname from Irish.

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 2,086 people named McDonagh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,008 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,956.

#14,342

rank among US surnames

2,086

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,115)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,338	Ecklund	2,087	147,937
#14,342	Rogowski	2,086	148,008
#14,349	Moir	2,085	148,079

Who is named McDonagh

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

95% of people named McDonagh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McDonaghs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ryan McDonagh
American ice hockey player, born 1989
Paulette McDonagh
Australian film director (1901–1978)

Notable McDonaghs come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McDonagh

McDonagh has the Soundex code M235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M235.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McDonagh come from?: McDonagh is Irish in origin.
How common is the surname McDonagh?: 2,086 people in the United States had the surname McDonagh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,008 Americans. It ranked 14,342nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McDonagh?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McDonagh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McDonagh?: Ryan McDonagh, American ice hockey player, followed by Paulette McDonagh.
Where is the surname McDonagh most common?: Wikidata records people named McDonagh in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce McDonagh?: McDonagh is /məkˈdɒnə/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname McDonagh getting more or less common?: More common. 1,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,086 in 2010, up 6.6%.