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    The surname McGeehan

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,597 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M250

    McGeehan: #17,596 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGeehan #17,596, 1,597 people McGeehan: #17,596 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGeehan #17,596, 1,597 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGeehan is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Gaoithín (“son of Gaoithín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of gaoth (“wise, intelligent, clever”).

    McGeehan 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 1,597 people named McGeehan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,328 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,508.

    #17,596
    rank among US surnames
    1,597
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,282)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,596McGeehan1,597193,328
    #17,605Stahlman1,596193,450

    Who is named McGeehan

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

    97% of people named McGeehan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like McGeehan

    McGeehan has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGeehan come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Gaoithín (“son of Gaoithín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of gaoth (“wise, intelligent, clever”).
    How common is the surname McGeehan?
    1,597 people in the United States had the surname McGeehan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,328 Americans. It ranked 17,596th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGeehan?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named McGeehan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is McGeehan?
    McGeehan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McGeehan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,597 in 2010, up 5.9%.