How common is the surname McEachin?

1,431 people in the United States had the surname McEachin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,755 Americans. It ranked 19,027th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McEachin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,431 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname McEachin

A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 1,431 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M225

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McEachin is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Eachainn (“son of Eachann”), a personal name composed of the elements each (“horse”) + donn (“brown”).

McEachin 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 1,431 people named McEachin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,755 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,280.

#19,027

rank among US surnames

1,431

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,515)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,019	Whitty	1,432	215,604
#19,027	Euceda	1,431	215,755

Who is named McEachin

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

62% of people named McEachin identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 62%
White (not Hispanic) 34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McEachin

McKechnie

McEachin has the Soundex code M225, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M225.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McEachin come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Eachainn (“son of Eachann”), a personal name composed of the elements each (“horse”) + donn (“brown”).
How common is the surname McEachin?: 1,431 people in the United States had the surname McEachin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,755 Americans. It ranked 19,027th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McEachin?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named McEachin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is McEachin?: McEachin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McEachin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,431 in 2010, up 12%.