# McEnery (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 671 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,894 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 460,127 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (660 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Innéirghe (“son of Innéirghe”), a personal name apparently derived from éirghe (“rising, rise”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McEnery 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

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

## People named McEnery

- John McEnery, British actor (1943–2019)
- Samuel D. McEnery, American politician (1837-1910)

## Similar surnames

Messner, Meisner, McEnroe, McHenry, McInerney, McNary, McNerney, Michener, McNear, Meixner, McNair, McMurray.

## 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.