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The surname McGlaughlin

An Irish surname, carried by 1,126 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M242

McGlaughlin: #22,749 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGlaughlin #22,749, 1,126 people McGlaughlin: #22,749 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGlaughlin #22,749, 1,126 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGlaughlin is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of McLaughlin.

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 1,126 people named McGlaughlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,197 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,039.

#22,749
rank among US surnames
1,126
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+8.4%
change since 2000 (was #22,983)

Who is named McGlaughlin

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

93% of people named McGlaughlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

  • Macglaughlin
  • M'glaughlin
  • Mglaughlin
  • Glaughlin

Surnames that sound like McGlaughlin

McGlaughlin has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

Other Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McGlaughlin come from?
Variant of McLaughlin.
How common is the surname McGlaughlin?
1,126 people in the United States had the surname McGlaughlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,197 Americans. It ranked 22,749th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGlaughlin?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McGlaughlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname McGlaughlin getting more or less common?
More common. 1,039 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,126 in 2010, up 8.4%.
What are other spellings of McGlaughlin?
Macglaughlin, M'glaughlin, Mglaughlin and Glaughlin.