How common is the surname McEvoy?

5,713 people in the United States had the surname McEvoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,043 Americans. It ranked 6,020th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McEvoy?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McEvoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McEvoy?

Cameron McEvoy, Australian swimmer, followed by Tom McEvoy.

Where is the surname McEvoy most common?

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

Is the surname McEvoy getting more or less common?

More common. 5,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,713 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname McEvoy

A patronymic surname, carried by 5,713 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McEvoy is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhuidhe (“son of the yellow-haired lad”) and Irish Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, a patronymic originally from fíodhbhadhach (“woodman”).

McEvoy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,713 people named McEvoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,043 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,499.

#6,020

rank among US surnames

5,713

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,767)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,015	Scheer	5,719	53,986
#6,017	Nabors	5,718	53,995
#6,019	Bayne	5,716	54,014
#6,020	McEvoy	5,713	54,043
#6,021	Olive	5,712	54,052

Who is named McEvoy

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

95% of people named McEvoy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McEvoys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cameron McEvoy
Australian swimmer, born 1994
Tom McEvoy
American poker player, born 1944

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McEvoy

McEvoy has the Soundex code M210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M210.

Questions

Where does the surname McEvoy come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhuidhe (“son of the yellow-haired lad”) and Irish Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, a patronymic originally from fíodhbhadhach (“woodman”).
How common is the surname McEvoy?: 5,713 people in the United States had the surname McEvoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,043 Americans. It ranked 6,020th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McEvoy?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McEvoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McEvoy?: Cameron McEvoy, Australian swimmer, followed by Tom McEvoy.
Where is the surname McEvoy most common?: Wikidata records people named McEvoy in Australia and the United States.
What type of surname is McEvoy?: McEvoy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McEvoy getting more or less common?: More common. 5,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,713 in 2010, up 3.9%.