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    The surname McGaw

    A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 1,012 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGaw is more common than 84.8% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Anglicised from Scottish Gaelic and Irish patronymic surnames derived from diminutives of Adam.

    McGaw is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,012 people named McGaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,009.

    #24,665
    rank among US surnames
    1,012
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #23,480)

    Who is named McGaw

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

    85% of people named McGaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Megaw

    Surnames that sound like McGaw

    McGaw has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGaw come from?
    Anglicised from Scottish Gaelic and Irish patronymic surnames derived from diminutives of Adam.
    How common is the surname McGaw?
    1,012 people in the United States had the surname McGaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. It ranked 24,665th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGaw?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named McGaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McGaw?
    McGaw is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McGaw getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,012 in 2010, up 0.3%.
    What are other spellings of McGaw?
    Megaw.