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    The surname McGeorge

    A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 1,751 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M262

    McGeorge: #16,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGeorge #16,427, 1,751 people McGeorge: #16,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGeorge #16,427, 1,751 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGeorge is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Deòraidh (“son of the pilgrim”), from deòradh (“wanderer, pilgrim”).

    McGeorge 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 1,751 people named McGeorge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,808.

    #16,427
    rank among US surnames
    1,751
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,005)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,420Bardsley1,752176,225
    #16,427McGeorge1,751176,325

    Who is named McGeorge

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

    88% of people named McGeorge identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like McGeorge

    McGeorge has the Soundex code M262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M262.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGeorge come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Deòraidh (“son of the pilgrim”), from deòradh (“wanderer, pilgrim”).
    How common is the surname McGeorge?
    1,751 people in the United States had the surname McGeorge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. It ranked 16,427th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGeorge?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named McGeorge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McGeorge?
    McGeorge is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McGeorge getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,751 in 2010, down 3.2%.