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    The surname McGarrity

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,132 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M263

    McGarrity: #22,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGarrity #22,663, 1,132 people McGarrity: #22,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGarrity #22,663, 1,132 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGarrity is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McGarity.

    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 1,132 people named McGarrity in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,743 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,098.

    #22,663
    rank among US surnames
    1,132
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,011)

    Who is named McGarrity

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

    91% of people named McGarrity identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    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 McGarrity

    McGarrity has the Soundex code M263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M263.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGarrity come from?
    Variant of McGarity.
    How common is the surname McGarrity?
    1,132 people in the United States had the surname McGarrity in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,743 Americans. It ranked 22,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGarrity?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named McGarrity identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McGarrity getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,132 in 2010, up 3.1%.