The surname McIsaac
A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 1,230 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M222
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
From the Scottish Gaelic patronymic from the personal name Isaac.
McIsaac is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
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 1,230 people named McIsaac in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,181.
Who is named McIsaac
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named McIsaac identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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McIsaac has the Soundex code M222, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M222.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McIsaac come from?
- From the Scottish Gaelic patronymic from the personal name Isaac.
- How common is the surname McIsaac?
- 1,230 people in the United States had the surname McIsaac in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. It ranked 21,307th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McIsaac?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McIsaac identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is McIsaac?
- McIsaac is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname McIsaac getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,181 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,230 in 2010, up 4.1%.