How common is the surname McGarvey?

3,945 people in the United States had the surname McGarvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,262 Americans. It ranked 8,389th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McGarvey?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McGarvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McGarvey?

Morgan McGarvey, American politician.

Where is the surname McGarvey most common?

Wikidata records people named McGarvey in the United States.

Is the surname McGarvey getting more or less common?

More common. 3,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,945 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname McGarvey

A patronymic surname, carried by 3,945 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M261

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGarvey is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gairbhshíth (“son of Gairbhshíth”), a personal name composed of the elements garbh (“rough”) + síth (“peace”).

McGarvey 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 3,945 people named McGarvey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,262 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,927.

#8,389

rank among US surnames

3,945

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,811)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,385	Trost	3,948	78,203
#8,386	Salamanca	3,947	78,223
#8,388	Board	3,946	78,243
#8,389	Pohlman	3,945	78,262
#8,392	Valera	3,944	78,282

Who is named McGarvey

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

96% of people named McGarvey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McGarveys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Morgan McGarvey
American politician, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McGarvey

McGarvey has the Soundex code M261, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M261.

Questions

Where does the surname McGarvey come from?: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gairbhshíth (“son of Gairbhshíth”), a personal name composed of the elements garbh (“rough”) + síth (“peace”).
How common is the surname McGarvey?: 3,945 people in the United States had the surname McGarvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,262 Americans. It ranked 8,389th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGarvey?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McGarvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McGarvey?: Morgan McGarvey, American politician.
Where is the surname McGarvey most common?: Wikidata records people named McGarvey in the United States.
What type of surname is McGarvey?: McGarvey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McGarvey getting more or less common?: More common. 3,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,945 in 2010, up 0.5%.