How common is the surname McGuinness?

4,342 people in the United States had the surname McGuinness in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,107 Americans. It ranked 7,650th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McGuinness?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McGuinness identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McGuinness?

Patrick McGuinness, Anglo-Welsh writer.

Where is the surname McGuinness most common?

Wikidata records people named McGuinness in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname McGuinness getting more or less common?

More common. 4,333 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,342 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname McGuinness

An Irish surname, carried by 4,342 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGuinness is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of McGinnis.

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 4,342 people named McGuinness in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,107 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,333.

#7,650

rank among US surnames

4,342

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,110)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,643	Kerby	4,345	71,058
#7,644	Ito	4,344	71,074
#7,647	Carlsen	4,343	71,090
#7,650	McGuinness	4,342	71,107
#7,652	Lent	4,341	71,123
#7,655	Gober	4,339	71,156

Who is named McGuinness

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

94% of people named McGuinness identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McGuinnesss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patrick McGuinness
Anglo-Welsh writer, born 1968

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McGuinness

McGuinness has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McGuinness come from?: Variant of McGinnis.
How common is the surname McGuinness?: 4,342 people in the United States had the surname McGuinness in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,107 Americans. It ranked 7,650th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGuinness?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McGuinness identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McGuinness?: Patrick McGuinness, Anglo-Welsh writer.
Where is the surname McGuinness most common?: Wikidata records people named McGuinness in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname McGuinness getting more or less common?: More common. 4,333 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,342 in 2010, up 0.2%.