# McGuire (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcguire/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 64,327 |
| US rank (2010) | 521 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,800 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (62,116 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Maguire |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Irish mag Uidhir.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McGuire in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McGuire in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named McGuire

- Dorothy McGuire, American actress (1916-2001)
- Edith McGuire, American athletics competitor
- Barry McGuire, American musician
- Seanan McGuire, American writer
- Kathryn McGuire, American actress (1903-1978)
- Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (1926–2010)
- Brian McGuire, Australian racing driver (1945–1977)
- Duncan McGuire, American soccer player
- Biff McGuire, American actor (1926-2021)
- Dominic McGuire, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Kim McGuire, American actress, lawyer and writer (1955-2016)
- Don McGuire, American actor (1919-1999)

and 8 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

McGraw, McGrew, McGary, Maguire, McGirr, Moser, McCray, Major, Messer, McRae, Mosher, Musser.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.