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    The surname McGarrah

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,053 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M260

    McGarrah: #23,957 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McGarrah #23,957, 1,053 people McGarrah: #23,957 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McGarrah #23,957, 1,053 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGarrah is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced form of McGarraher.

    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 1,053 people named McGarrah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 922.

    #23,957
    rank among US surnames
    1,053
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.2%
    change since 2000 (was #25,221)

    Who is named McGarrah

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

    80% of people named McGarrah identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McGarrah

    McGarrah has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGarrah come from?
    Reduced form of McGarraher.
    How common is the surname McGarrah?
    1,053 people in the United States had the surname McGarrah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. It ranked 23,957th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGarrah?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named McGarrah identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McGarrah getting more or less common?
    More common. 922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,053 in 2010, up 14%.