The surname McMasters
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,912 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M252
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
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 2,912 people named McMasters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,025 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,788.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #10,923 | Kirkendall | 2,914 | 105,952 |
| #10,924 | Kiesel | 2,913 | 105,989 |
| #10,931 | Cordon | 2,912 | 106,025 |
| #10,935 | Furey | 2,911 | 106,062 |
Who is named McMasters
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named McMasters identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
McMasters has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McMasters come from?
- McMasters is Scottish Gaelic in origin.
- How common is the surname McMasters?
- 2,912 people in the United States had the surname McMasters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,025 Americans. It ranked 10,931st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McMasters?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McMasters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname McMasters getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,912 in 2010, up 4.4%.