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    The surname McGinness

    A surname, carried by 1,612 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M252

    McGinness: #17,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGinness #17,481, 1,612 people McGinness: #17,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGinness #17,481, 1,612 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGinness is more common than 89.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,612 people named McGinness in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,538.

    #17,481
    rank among US surnames
    1,612
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,030)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,472Wisneski1,613191,411
    #17,481Searls1,612191,529

    Who is named McGinness

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

    95% of people named McGinness identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McGinness

    McGinness has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname McGinness?
    1,612 people in the United States had the surname McGinness in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGinness?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McGinness identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname McGinness getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, up 4.8%.