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    The surname McGeary

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,267 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M260

    McGeary: #20,829 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGeary #20,829, 1,267 people McGeary: #20,829 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGeary #20,829, 1,267 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGeary is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Irish variant of McGarry.

    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 1,267 people named McGeary in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,682 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,223.

    #20,829
    rank among US surnames
    1,267
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #20,247)

    Who is named McGeary

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

    91% of people named McGeary identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McGeary

    McGeary has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGeary come from?
    Irish variant of McGarry.
    How common is the surname McGeary?
    1,267 people in the United States had the surname McGeary in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,682 Americans. It ranked 20,829th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGeary?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named McGeary identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McGeary getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,267 in 2010, up 3.6%.