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    The surname McGaugh

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,167 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M220

    McGaugh: #22,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGaugh #22,144, 1,167 people McGaugh: #22,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGaugh #22,144, 1,167 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGaugh is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McGough.

    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 1,167 people named McGaugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,563 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,172.

    #22,144
    rank among US surnames
    1,167
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,923)

    Who is named McGaugh

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

    86% of people named McGaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McGaugh

    McGaugh has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGaugh come from?
    Variant of McGough.
    How common is the surname McGaugh?
    1,167 people in the United States had the surname McGaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,563 Americans. It ranked 22,144th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGaugh?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named McGaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McGaugh getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,172 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,167 in 2010, down 0.4%.