How common is the surname McIver?

5,457 people in the United States had the surname McIver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,578 Americans. It ranked 6,258th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McIver?

Joel McIver, British author, followed by LaMonica McIver.

Where is the surname McIver most common?

Wikidata records people named McIver in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname McIver getting more or less common?

More common. 5,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,457 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname McIver

A patronymic surname, carried by 5,457 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McIver is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Íomhair (“son of Íomhar”), Gaelic adaptation of the Old Norse name Ívarr.

McIver 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 5,457 people named McIver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,578 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,326.

#6,258

rank among US surnames

5,457

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,952)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,253	Saad	5,461	56,536
#6,256	Headrick	5,459	56,557
#6,257	Kwok	5,458	56,568
#6,258	Kite	5,457	56,578
#6,260	Cronk	5,456	56,588

Who is named McIver

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

56% of people named McIver identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Black (not Hispanic) 39%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McIvers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joel McIver
British author, born 1971
LaMonica McIver
American politician, born 1986

Notable McIvers come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McIver

McIver has the Soundex code M216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M216.

Questions

Where does the surname McIver come from?: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Íomhair (“son of Íomhar”), Gaelic adaptation of the Old Norse name Ívarr.
How common is the surname McIver?: 5,457 people in the United States had the surname McIver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,578 Americans. It ranked 6,258th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McIver?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named McIver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McIver?: Joel McIver, British author, followed by LaMonica McIver.
Where is the surname McIver most common?: Wikidata records people named McIver in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is McIver?: McIver is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McIver getting more or less common?: More common. 5,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,457 in 2010, up 2.5%.