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The surname McJunkin

An Irish surname, carried by 1,525 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M252

McJunkin: #18,237 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McJunkin #18,237, 1,525 people McJunkin: #18,237 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McJunkin #18,237, 1,525 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McJunkin is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Seancín.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,525 people named McJunkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,456 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,529.

#18,237
rank among US surnames
1,525
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-0.3%
change since 2000 (was #17,122)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,237Shisler1,525202,456
#18,242Makris1,524202,589
#18,246Waltrip1,523202,722

Who is named McJunkin

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

90% of people named McJunkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
  • Two or more races 2.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McJunkin

McJunkin has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

Other Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McJunkin come from?
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Seancín.
How common is the surname McJunkin?
1,525 people in the United States had the surname McJunkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,456 Americans. It ranked 18,237th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McJunkin?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named McJunkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McJunkin getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,529 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,525 in 2010, down 0.3%.