How common is the surname McInturff?

1,453 people in the United States had the surname McInturff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,488 Americans. It ranked 18,835th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McInturff getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,453 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname McInturff

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,453 people in the United States.

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). McInturff is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac an Tairbh (“son of the bull”), from tarbh (“bull”).

McInturff 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 1,453 people named McInturff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,488 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,483.

#18,835

rank among US surnames

1,453

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #17,510)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,831	Cozzi	1,454	212,342
#18,835	Raval	1,453	212,488
#18,841	Tabron	1,452	212,635

Who is named McInturff

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

94% of people named McInturff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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 McInturff

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

Questions

Where does the surname McInturff come from?: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac an Tairbh (“son of the bull”), from tarbh (“bull”).
How common is the surname McInturff?: 1,453 people in the United States had the surname McInturff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,488 Americans. It ranked 18,835th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McInturff?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McInturff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
What type of surname is McInturff?: McInturff is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McInturff getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,453 in 2010, down 2.0%.