How common is the surname McGuigan?

3,646 people in the United States had the surname McGuigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,681 Americans. It ranked 8,975th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McGuigan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McGuigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname McGuigan most common?

Wikidata records people named McGuigan in Ireland.

How do you pronounce McGuigan?

McGuigan is /məˈɡwɪɡən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McGuigan getting more or less common?

More common. 3,489 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,646 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname McGuigan

A patronymic surname, carried by 3,646 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈɡwɪɡən/ 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). McGuigan is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn (“son of the viking”), from uiging (“Viking; pirate”).

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,646 people named McGuigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,681 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,489.

#8,975

rank among US surnames

3,646

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,676)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,968	Markus	3,649	84,611
#8,969	Spindler	3,648	84,634
#8,971	Harshman	3,647	84,657
#8,975	Bresnahan	3,646	84,681
#8,977	Chandra	3,645	84,704
#8,980	Hartin	3,644	84,727

Who is named McGuigan

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

95% of people named McGuigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McGuigans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nika McGuigan
Actress, 1986–2019

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like McGuigan

McGuckin

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

Questions

Where does the surname McGuigan come from?: Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn (“son of the viking”), from uiging (“Viking; pirate”).
How common is the surname McGuigan?: 3,646 people in the United States had the surname McGuigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,681 Americans. It ranked 8,975th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGuigan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McGuigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McGuigan?: Nika McGuigan, actress.
Where is the surname McGuigan most common?: Wikidata records people named McGuigan in Ireland.
How do you pronounce McGuigan?: McGuigan is /məˈɡwɪɡən/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is McGuigan?: McGuigan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McGuigan getting more or less common?: More common. 3,489 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,646 in 2010, up 4.5%.