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    The surname McMahan

    An Irish surname, carried by 14,368 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M255

    McMahan: #2,522 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McMahan #2,522, 14,368 people McMahan: #2,522 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McMahan #2,522, 14,368 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McMahan is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McMahon.

    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 14,368 people named McMahan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,488 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,071.

    #2,522
    rank among US surnames
    14,368
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,356)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,513Heim14,41421,420
    #2,514Staton14,41321,421
    #2,515Garay14,39321,451
    #2,516Lawler14,38721,460
    #2,517Bowser14,38321,466
    #2,518Harms14,37721,475
    #2,519Fierro14,37121,484

    Who is named McMahan

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

    91% of people named McMahan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McMahan

    McMahan has the Soundex code M255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M255.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McMahan come from?
    Variant of McMahon.
    How common is the surname McMahan?
    14,368 people in the United States had the surname McMahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,488 Americans. It ranked 2,522nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McMahan?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named McMahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McMahan getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,368 in 2010, up 2.1%.