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The surname McGlothin

An Irish surname, carried by 1,475 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M243

McGlothin: #18,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGlothin #18,648, 1,475 people McGlothin: #18,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGlothin #18,648, 1,475 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGlothin is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Probably a 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 1,475 people named McGlothin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,319 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,321.

#18,648
rank among US surnames
1,475
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+11.7%
change since 2000 (was #19,059)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,640Nees1,476209,177
#18,648Spafford1,475209,319

Who is named McGlothin

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

58% of people named McGlothin identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 58%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • 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

  • Macglothin
  • M'glothin
  • Mglothin
  • Glothin

Surnames that sound like McGlothin

McGlothin has the Soundex code M243, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M243.

Other Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McGlothin come from?
Probably a variant of McLaughlin.
How common is the surname McGlothin?
1,475 people in the United States had the surname McGlothin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,319 Americans. It ranked 18,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGlothin?
In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named McGlothin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McGlothin getting more or less common?
More common. 1,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,475 in 2010, up 12%.
What are other spellings of McGlothin?
Macglothin, M'glothin, Mglothin and Glothin.