How common is the surname McMenamin?

1,905 people in the United States had the surname McMenamin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,071 Americans. It ranked 15,391st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McMenamin?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McMenamin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McMenamin?

Conor McMenamin, association football player.

Where is the surname McMenamin most common?

Wikidata records people named McMenamin in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname McMenamin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,905 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname McMenamin

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,905 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McMenamin is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Meanman (“son of Meanma”), a personal name derived from meanma (“mind, spirit, courage”).

McMenamin is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 1,905 people named McMenamin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,071 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,810.

#15,391

rank among US surnames

1,905

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,983)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,386	Leet	1,906	161,986
#15,391	Milliman	1,905	162,071
#15,397	Ake	1,904	162,156

Who is named McMenamin

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

96% of people named McMenamin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McMenamins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Conor McMenamin
Association football player, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McMenamin

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

Other Irish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname McMenamin come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Meanman (“son of Meanma”), a personal name derived from meanma (“mind, spirit, courage”).
How common is the surname McMenamin?: 1,905 people in the United States had the surname McMenamin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,071 Americans. It ranked 15,391st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McMenamin?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McMenamin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McMenamin?: Conor McMenamin, association football player.
Where is the surname McMenamin most common?: Wikidata records people named McMenamin in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is McMenamin?: McMenamin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McMenamin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,905 in 2010, up 5.2%.