How common is the surname McIntire?

10,566 people in the United States had the surname McIntire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,221 Americans. It ranked 3,380th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McIntire?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McIntire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McIntire?

John McIntire, American character actor (1907-1991), followed by Tim McIntire.

Where is the surname McIntire most common?

Wikidata records people named McIntire in the United States.

How do you pronounce McIntire?

McIntire is /ˈmækɪnˌtaɪɚ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McIntire getting more or less common?

More common. 10,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,566 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname McIntire

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 10,566 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmækɪnˌtaɪɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex M253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McIntire is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

A spelling variant of McIntyre.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,566 people named McIntire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,221 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,401.

#3,380

rank among US surnames

10,566

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,166)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,371	Carbone	10,591	29,152
#3,372	Maxey	10,584	29,171
#3,373	Narvaez	10,579	29,185
#3,374	Peng	10,575	29,196
#3,375	Pichardo	10,572	29,204
#3,376	Stepp	10,571	29,207
#3,377	Florez	10,570	29,210

Who is named McIntire

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

92% of people named McIntire identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McIntires

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John McIntire
American character actor (1907-1991)
Tim McIntire
American actor (1944–1986)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McIntire

McIntire has the Soundex code M253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M253.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McIntire come from?: A spelling variant of McIntyre.
How common is the surname McIntire?: 10,566 people in the United States had the surname McIntire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,221 Americans. It ranked 3,380th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McIntire?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McIntire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McIntire?: John McIntire, American character actor (1907-1991), followed by Tim McIntire.
Where is the surname McIntire most common?: Wikidata records people named McIntire in the United States.
How do you pronounce McIntire?: McIntire is /ˈmækɪnˌtaɪɚ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname McIntire getting more or less common?: More common. 10,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,566 in 2010, up 1.6%.