How common is the surname McNabb?

9,935 people in the United States had the surname McNabb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,077 Americans. It ranked 3,583rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McNabb?

Donovan McNabb, American football player (born 1976).

Where is the surname McNabb most common?

Wikidata records people named McNabb in the United States.

Is the surname McNabb getting more or less common?

More common. 9,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,935 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname McNabb

A patronymic surname, carried by 9,935 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M251

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNabb is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac an Abadh (“son of the abbot”).

McNabb 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 9,935 people named McNabb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,077 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,606.

#3,583

rank among US surnames

9,935

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,412)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,574	Catalano	9,973	30,958
#3,575	Beckham	9,960	30,999
#3,576	Ashcraft	9,957	31,008
#3,578	Kunz	9,953	31,020
#3,579	Abney	9,948	31,036
#3,580	Albertson	9,943	31,052
#3,581	Littleton	9,939	31,064

Who is named McNabb

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

89% of people named McNabb identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McNabbs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Donovan McNabb
American football player (born 1976)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Napp

Surnames that sound like McNabb

McNab

McNabb has the Soundex code M251, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M251.

Questions

Where does the surname McNabb come from?: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac an Abadh (“son of the abbot”).
How common is the surname McNabb?: 9,935 people in the United States had the surname McNabb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,077 Americans. It ranked 3,583rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McNabb?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named McNabb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McNabb?: Donovan McNabb, American football player (born 1976).
Where is the surname McNabb most common?: Wikidata records people named McNabb in the United States.
What type of surname is McNabb?: McNabb is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McNabb getting more or less common?: More common. 9,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,935 in 2010, up 3.4%.
What are other spellings of McNabb?: Napp.