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    The surname McGibbon

    A patronymic surname, carried by 874 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M215

    McGibbon: #27,556 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McGibbon #27,556, 874 people McGibbon: #27,556 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McGibbon #27,556, 874 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGibbon is more common than 83% of them.

    Origin

    Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin (“son of Gibbon”), a pet form of the personal name Gilbert.

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 874 people named McGibbon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 353,256 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 819.

    #27,556
    rank among US surnames
    874
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #27,669)

    Who is named McGibbon

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

    79% of people named McGibbon identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like McGibbon

    McGibbon has the Soundex code M215, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M215.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGibbon come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin (“son of Gibbon”), a pet form of the personal name Gilbert.
    How common is the surname McGibbon?
    874 people in the United States had the surname McGibbon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 353,256 Americans. It ranked 27,556th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGibbon?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named McGibbon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McGibbon?
    McGibbon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McGibbon getting more or less common?
    More common. 819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 874 in 2010, up 6.7%.