How common is the surname McGuirk?

1,884 people in the United States had the surname McGuirk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,878 Americans. It ranked 15,533rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McGuirk?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McGuirk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McGuirk getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,884 in 2010, down 9.3%.

The surname McGuirk

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,884 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGuirk is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuirc, patronymic from the personal name Corc, perhaps from curc (“tuft of hair, hen's comb”).

McGuirk 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 1,884 people named McGuirk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,878 Americans. That is down 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,077.

#15,533

rank among US surnames

1,884

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-9.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,440)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,527	Rayas	1,885	163,791
#15,533	Kadlec	1,884	163,878
#15,541	Pomerantz	1,883	163,965

Who is named McGuirk

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

95% of people named McGuirk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McGuirk

McGurk

McGuirk has the Soundex code M262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M262.

Questions

Where does the surname McGuirk come from?: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuirc, patronymic from the personal name Corc, perhaps from curc (“tuft of hair, hen's comb”).
How common is the surname McGuirk?: 1,884 people in the United States had the surname McGuirk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,878 Americans. It ranked 15,533rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGuirk?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McGuirk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is McGuirk?: McGuirk is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McGuirk getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,884 in 2010, down 9.3%.