How common is the surname McGough?

5,150 people in the United States had the surname McGough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,951 Americans. It ranked 6,574th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McGough?

Scott McGough, American baseball player.

Where is the surname McGough most common?

Wikidata records people named McGough in the United States.

How do you pronounce McGough?

McGough is /məˈɡɒf/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname McGough getting more or less common?

More common. 4,967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,150 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname McGough

An Irish surname, carried by 5,150 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈɡɒf/ 2 syllables Soundex M220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGough is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochadha. Compare McGeoch, which derives from Scottish Gaelic.

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 5,150 people named McGough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,951 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,967.

#6,574

rank among US surnames

5,150

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,317)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,569	Stlouis	5,158	59,858
#6,570	Turman	5,155	59,892
#6,571	Garofalo	5,152	59,927
#6,574	McGough	5,150	59,951

Who is named McGough

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

89% of people named McGough identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McGoughs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scott McGough
American baseball player, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Gough

Surnames that sound like McGough

McGough has the Soundex code M220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M220.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McGough come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochadha. Compare McGeoch, which derives from Scottish Gaelic.
How common is the surname McGough?: 5,150 people in the United States had the surname McGough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,951 Americans. It ranked 6,574th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGough?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named McGough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McGough?: Scott McGough, American baseball player.
Where is the surname McGough most common?: Wikidata records people named McGough in the United States.
How do you pronounce McGough?: McGough is /məˈɡɒf/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname McGough getting more or less common?: More common. 4,967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,150 in 2010, up 3.7%.
What are other spellings of McGough?: Gough.