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The surname McEntee

An Irish surname, carried by 2,852 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M253

McEntee: #11,118 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McEntee #11,118, 2,852 people McEntee: #11,118 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McEntee #11,118, 2,852 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McEntee is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of McAtee.

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 2,852 people named McEntee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,256 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,663.

#11,118
rank among US surnames
2,852
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+7.1%
change since 2000 (was #10,964)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,111Leis2,855108,142
#11,114Loaiza2,854108,180
#11,116Kalb2,853108,218
#11,118Heitz2,852108,256
#11,122Catanzaro2,851108,294
#11,127Depina2,849108,370

Who is named McEntee

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

92% of people named McEntee identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McEntees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Jervis McEntee
    American painter (1828-1891)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McEntee

McEntee has the Soundex code M253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M253.

Other Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McEntee come from?
Variant of McAtee.
How common is the surname McEntee?
2,852 people in the United States had the surname McEntee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,256 Americans. It ranked 11,118th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McEntee?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McEntee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McEntee?
Jervis McEntee, American painter (1828-1891).
Where is the surname McEntee most common?
Wikidata records people named McEntee in the United States.
Is the surname McEntee getting more or less common?
More common. 2,663 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,852 in 2010, up 7.1%.