How common is the surname McGoldrick?

2,882 people in the United States had the surname McGoldrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,129 Americans. It ranked 11,031st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McGoldrick?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McGoldrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McGoldrick getting more or less common?

More common. 2,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,882 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname McGoldrick

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,882 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M243

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGoldrick is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ualghairg (“son of Ualgharg”), a personal name composed of the elements úall (“vanity, pride”) + garg (“fierce”) (from Old Irish garg, from Proto-Celtic *gargos (“rough”)).

McGoldrick 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 2,882 people named McGoldrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,129 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,853.

#11,031

rank among US surnames

2,882

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #10,340)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,025	Milazzo	2,885	107,018
#11,026	Feder	2,884	107,055
#11,030	Hauge	2,883	107,092
#11,031	Chambless	2,882	107,129
#11,035	Foret	2,881	107,166
#11,040	Bruder	2,880	107,203

Who is named McGoldrick

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

96% of people named McGoldrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Goldrick

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McGoldrick come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ualghairg (“son of Ualgharg”), a personal name composed of the elements úall (“vanity, pride”) + garg (“fierce”) (from Old Irish garg, from Proto-Celtic *gargos (“rough”)).
How common is the surname McGoldrick?: 2,882 people in the United States had the surname McGoldrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,129 Americans. It ranked 11,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGoldrick?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McGoldrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is McGoldrick?: McGoldrick is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McGoldrick getting more or less common?: More common. 2,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,882 in 2010, up 1.0%.
What are other spellings of McGoldrick?: Goldrick.