The surname McGilvray
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,133 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M241
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Variant of McGillivray.
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 1,133 people named McGilvray in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,033.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #22,637 | Prato | 1,134 | 272,262 |
| #22,646 | DiVincenzo | 1,133 | 272,503 |
Who is named McGilvray
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named McGilvray identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like McGilvray
McGilvray has the Soundex code M241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M241.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McGilvray come from?
- Variant of McGillivray.
- How common is the surname McGilvray?
- 1,133 people in the United States had the surname McGilvray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. It ranked 22,646th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McGilvray?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McGilvray identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname McGilvray getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,133 in 2010, up 9.7%.