How common is the surname McGruder?

3,444 people in the United States had the surname McGruder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,647 Americans. It ranked 9,446th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McGruder?

Rodney McGruder, American basketball player (born 1991), followed by Aaron McGruder.

Where is the surname McGruder most common?

Wikidata records people named McGruder in the United States.

Is the surname McGruder getting more or less common?

More common. 3,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,444 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname McGruder

A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 3,444 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGruder is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Grudaire (“son of the brewer”), from grudaire (“brewer”).

McGruder is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,444 people named McGruder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,647 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,213.

#9,446

rank among US surnames

3,444

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,314)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,437	Bethune	3,447	89,569
#9,440	Wehner	3,446	89,595
#9,444	Durso	3,445	89,621
#9,446	McGruder	3,444	89,647
#9,449	Subramanian	3,443	89,673
#9,451	Pick	3,442	89,699
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726

Who is named McGruder

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

76% of people named McGruder identified as Black (not Hispanic), 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 76%
White (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous McGruders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rodney McGruder
American basketball player (born 1991)
Aaron McGruder
American cartoonist, born 1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Magruder

Surnames that sound like McGruder

McGruder has the Soundex code M263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M263.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McGruder come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Grudaire (“son of the brewer”), from grudaire (“brewer”).
How common is the surname McGruder?: 3,444 people in the United States had the surname McGruder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,647 Americans. It ranked 9,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGruder?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named McGruder identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McGruder?: Rodney McGruder, American basketball player (born 1991), followed by Aaron McGruder.
Where is the surname McGruder most common?: Wikidata records people named McGruder in the United States.
What type of surname is McGruder?: McGruder is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McGruder getting more or less common?: More common. 3,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,444 in 2010, up 7.2%.
What are other spellings of McGruder?: Magruder.