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    The surname McGreevy

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,270 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M261

    McGreevy: #13,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGreevy #13,427, 2,270 people McGreevy: #13,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGreevy #13,427, 2,270 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGreevy is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    * Irish surname, from mac Giolla Rua (“son of the red-haired youth”). * Also as an Irish surname, from mac Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled”), from riabhach (“brindled”). See also Creevy, Reavey.

    McGreevy 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 2,270 people named McGreevy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,011 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,239.

    #13,427
    rank among US surnames
    2,270
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,673)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,418Presson2,271135,951
    #13,427Legere2,270136,011
    #13,431Renard2,269136,071
    #13,435Forshee2,268136,131

    Who is named McGreevy

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

    96% of people named McGreevy identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McGreevy

    McGreevy has the Soundex code M261, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M261.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGreevy come from?
    * Irish surname, from mac Giolla Rua (“son of the red-haired youth”). * Also as an Irish surname, from mac Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled”), from riabhach (“brindled”). See also Creevy, Reavey.
    How common is the surname McGreevy?
    2,270 people in the United States had the surname McGreevy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,011 Americans. It ranked 13,427th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGreevy?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McGreevy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is McGreevy?
    McGreevy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McGreevy getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,270 in 2010, up 1.4%.
    What are other spellings of McGreevy?
    Cravey.