How common is the surname McFadden?

31,839 people in the United States had the surname McFadden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,697 Americans. It ranked 1,098th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McFadden?

Daniel McFadden, American economist, followed by Gates McFadden.

Where is the surname McFadden most common?

Wikidata records people named McFadden in the United States and Eswatini.

How do you pronounce McFadden?

McFadden is /məkˈfædən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McFadden getting more or less common?

More common. 30,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,839 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname McFadden

A surname, carried by 31,839 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məkˈfædən/ 3 syllables Soundex M213

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McFadden is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacPhaidein and Irish Mac Pháidín.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,839 people named McFadden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,697 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,205.

#1,098

rank among US surnames

31,839

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,058)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,089	Law	32,122	9,612
#1,090	Tan	32,120	9,612
#1,091	Lake	32,104	9,617
#1,092	Lutz	32,050	9,633
#1,093	Costello	32,043	9,635
#1,094	Gay	32,025	9,641
#1,095	Guthrie	31,956	9,662

Who is named McFadden

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

60% of people named McFadden identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Black (not Hispanic) 35%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McFaddens

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel McFadden
American economist, born 1937
Gates McFadden
American actress and choreographer, born 1949
Tatyana McFadden
American para athletics competitor (born 1989)
Patricia McFadden
African feminist and writer, born 1952
Louis Thomas McFadden
American politician (1876–1936)
Claron McFadden
American opera singer, born 1961
Darren McFadden
American football player (born 1987)

Notable McFaddens come mostly from the United States (6) and Eswatini (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McFadden

McSpadden

McFadden has the Soundex code M213, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M213.

Questions

Where does the surname McFadden come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacPhaidein and Irish Mac Pháidín.
How common is the surname McFadden?: 31,839 people in the United States had the surname McFadden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,697 Americans. It ranked 1,098th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McFadden?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named McFadden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McFadden?: Daniel McFadden, American economist, followed by Gates McFadden.
Where is the surname McFadden most common?: Wikidata records people named McFadden in the United States and Eswatini.
How do you pronounce McFadden?: McFadden is /məkˈfædən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname McFadden getting more or less common?: More common. 30,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,839 in 2010, up 5.4%.