How common is the surname McGinley?

6,851 people in the United States had the surname McGinley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,066 Americans. It ranked 5,112th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McGinley?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McGinley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McGinley?

John C. McGinley, American actor, followed by Ted McGinley.

Where is the surname McGinley most common?

Wikidata records people named McGinley in the United States.

Is the surname McGinley getting more or less common?

More common. 6,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,851 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname McGinley

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 6,851 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M254

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGinley is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhionnghaile (“son of Fionnghal”), a personal name composed of the elements fionn (“fair”) + gal (“valor”).

McGinley 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 6,851 people named McGinley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,066 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,435.

#5,112

rank among US surnames

6,851

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,000)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,103	Tsang	6,860	45,007
#5,105	Large	6,859	45,013
#5,107	Quiles	6,858	45,020
#5,108	Phillip	6,857	45,026
#5,109	Shrader	6,855	45,039
#5,110	Lundquist	6,853	45,053
#5,111	Baxley	6,852	45,059

Who is named McGinley

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

95% of people named McGinley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McGinleys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John C. McGinley
American actor, born 1959
Ted McGinley
American actor (born 1958)
Phyllis McGinley
American writer and poet (1905–1978)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McGinley

McGinley has the Soundex code M254, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M254.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McGinley come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhionnghaile (“son of Fionnghal”), a personal name composed of the elements fionn (“fair”) + gal (“valor”).
How common is the surname McGinley?: 6,851 people in the United States had the surname McGinley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,066 Americans. It ranked 5,112th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGinley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McGinley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McGinley?: John C. McGinley, American actor, followed by Ted McGinley.
Where is the surname McGinley most common?: Wikidata records people named McGinley in the United States.
What type of surname is McGinley?: McGinley is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McGinley getting more or less common?: More common. 6,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,851 in 2010, up 6.5%.