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    The surname McGinty

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 6,084 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M253

    McGinty: #5,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGinty #5,697, 6,084 people McGinty: #5,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGinty #5,697, 6,084 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGinty is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhionnachtaigh (“son of Fionnachtach”), a variant of the personal name Fionnshneachtach, which is composed of the elements fionn (“fair”) and sneachtach (“snowy”).

    McGinty 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 6,084 people named McGinty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,747 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,936.

    #5,697
    rank among US surnames
    6,084
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,399)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,692Barnum6,09050,697
    #5,694Evenson6,08850,714
    #5,695Avendano6,08650,730
    #5,697Chaudhry6,08450,747

    Who is named McGinty

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

    88% of people named McGinty identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Ginty

    Surnames that sound like McGinty

    McGinty has the Soundex code M253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M253.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGinty come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhionnachtaigh (“son of Fionnachtach”), a variant of the personal name Fionnshneachtach, which is composed of the elements fionn (“fair”) and sneachtach (“snowy”).
    How common is the surname McGinty?
    6,084 people in the United States had the surname McGinty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,747 Americans. It ranked 5,697th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGinty?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named McGinty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McGinty?
    McGinty is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McGinty getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,936 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,084 in 2010, up 2.5%.
    What are other spellings of McGinty?
    Ginty.