How common is the surname McEntyre?

1,048 people in the United States had the surname McEntyre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. It ranked 24,049th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McEntyre getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,048 in 2010, down 12%.

The surname McEntyre

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,048 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McEntyre is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McIntyre.

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 1,048 people named McEntyre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,191.

#24,049

rank among US surnames

1,048

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-12%

change since 2000 (was #20,654)

Who is named McEntyre

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

76% of people named McEntyre identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McEntyre

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

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McEntyre come from?: Variant of McIntyre.
How common is the surname McEntyre?: 1,048 people in the United States had the surname McEntyre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. It ranked 24,049th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McEntyre?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named McEntyre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McEntyre getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,048 in 2010, down 12%.