How common is the surname McIlvain?

1,268 people in the United States had the surname McIlvain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,490 Americans. It ranked 20,818th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McIlvain?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McIlvain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McIlvain getting more or less common?

More common. 1,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,268 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname McIlvain

A surname, carried by 1,268 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M241

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McIlvain is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

Variant of McElwain.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,268 people named McIlvain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,490 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,191.

#20,818

rank among US surnames

1,268

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,654)

Who is named McIlvain

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

95% of people named McIlvain identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McIlvain

McIlvain has the Soundex code M241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M241.

Questions

Where does the surname McIlvain come from?: Variant of McElwain.
How common is the surname McIlvain?: 1,268 people in the United States had the surname McIlvain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,490 Americans. It ranked 20,818th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McIlvain?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McIlvain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname McIlvain getting more or less common?: More common. 1,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,268 in 2010, up 6.5%.