How common is the surname McGuckin?

1,432 people in the United States had the surname McGuckin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,604 Americans. It ranked 19,019th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McGuckin?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named McGuckin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McGuckin?

Robert McGuckin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba.

Where is the surname McGuckin most common?

Wikidata records people named McGuckin in Australia.

Is the surname McGuckin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,432 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname McGuckin

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,432 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M225

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGuckin is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eocháin (“son of Eochán”), a diminutive of the personal name Eochaid.

McGuckin 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 1,432 people named McGuckin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,604 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,369.

#19,019

rank among US surnames

1,432

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,582)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,012	McGuffey	1,433	215,454
#19,019	Whitty	1,432	215,604
#19,027	Euceda	1,431	215,755

Who is named McGuckin

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

97% of people named McGuckin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McGuckins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert McGuckin
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McGuckin

McGuigan

McGuckin has the Soundex code M225, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M225.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McGuckin come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eocháin (“son of Eochán”), a diminutive of the personal name Eochaid.
How common is the surname McGuckin?: 1,432 people in the United States had the surname McGuckin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,604 Americans. It ranked 19,019th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGuckin?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named McGuckin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McGuckin?: Robert McGuckin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba.
Where is the surname McGuckin most common?: Wikidata records people named McGuckin in Australia.
What type of surname is McGuckin?: McGuckin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McGuckin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,432 in 2010, up 4.6%.