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    The surname McGaughy

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,308 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M220

    McGaughy: #20,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGaughy #20,322, 1,308 people McGaughy: #20,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGaughy #20,322, 1,308 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGaughy is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McGaughey.

    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 1,308 people named McGaughy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,203.

    #20,322
    rank among US surnames
    1,308
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,497)

    Who is named McGaughy

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

    56% of people named McGaughy identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like McGaughy

    McGaughy 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 McGaughy come from?
    Variant of McGaughey.
    How common is the surname McGaughy?
    1,308 people in the United States had the surname McGaughy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. It ranked 20,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGaughy?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named McGaughy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McGaughy getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,308 in 2010, up 8.7%.