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    The surname McGarry

    A patronymic surname, carried by 6,982 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M260

    McGarry: #5,026 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGarry #5,026, 6,982 people McGarry: #5,026 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGarry #5,026, 6,982 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGarry is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearadhaigh (“son of Fhearadhach”), a personal name meaning "strong", "brave", from fear (“man”).

    McGarry 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 6,982 people named McGarry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,220 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,907.

    #5,026
    rank among US surnames
    6,982
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,692)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,017Bernardo7,00344,088
    #5,018Berkowitz7,00044,107
    #5,020Arango6,99844,119
    #5,021Delafuente6,99644,132
    #5,022Merkel6,99144,163
    #5,023Victoria6,98944,176
    #5,024Boynton6,98344,214

    Who is named McGarry

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

    94% of people named McGarry identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McGarry

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGarry come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearadhaigh (“son of Fhearadhach”), a personal name meaning "strong", "brave", from fear (“man”).
    How common is the surname McGarry?
    6,982 people in the United States had the surname McGarry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,220 Americans. It ranked 5,026th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGarry?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McGarry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is McGarry?
    McGarry is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McGarry getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,982 in 2010, up 1.1%.