The surname McGaughey
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,050 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M220
Origin
Irish origin
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachaidh (“son of Eochaidh”).
McGaughey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
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 3,050 people named McGaughey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,228 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,990.
Who is named McGaughey
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named McGaughey identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
McGaughey has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McGaughey come from?
- Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachaidh (“son of Eochaidh”).
- How common is the surname McGaughey?
- 3,050 people in the United States had the surname McGaughey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,228 Americans. It ranked 10,517th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McGaughey?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McGaughey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is McGaughey?
- McGaughey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname McGaughey getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,050 in 2010, up 2.0%.