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    The surname McGrew

    A surname, carried by 9,354 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M260

    McGrew: #3,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McGrew #3,786, 9,354 people McGrew: #3,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGrew #3,786, 9,354 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGrew is more common than 97.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,354 people named McGrew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,007 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,988.

    #3,786
    rank among US surnames
    9,354
    people in 2010
    3.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,629)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,782Woodworth9,36132,982
    #3,784Thigpen9,35932,989
    #3,785André9,35832,993
    #3,786McGrew9,35433,007

    Who is named McGrew

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

    75% of people named McGrew identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McGrew

    McGrew has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname McGrew?
    9,354 people in the United States had the surname McGrew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,007 Americans. It ranked 3,786th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGrew?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named McGrew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McGrew getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,354 in 2010, up 4.1%.