How common is the surname McNew?

4,304 people in the United States had the surname McNew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,735 Americans. It ranked 7,714th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McNew?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McNew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McNew getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,304 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname McNew

A surname, carried by 4,304 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNew is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

Apparently an altered spelling of an unidentified Scottish or Irish surname. This form is not found in Britain or Ireland.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,304 people named McNew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,735 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,321.

#7,714

rank among US surnames

4,304

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,131)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,708	Buller	4,307	71,685
#7,710	Lasley	4,306	71,701
#7,713	Bussell	4,305	71,718
#7,714	Lail	4,304	71,735
#7,717	Stockdale	4,301	71,785
#7,720	Theobald	4,300	71,801

Who is named McNew

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

96% of people named McNew identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McNew

McNew has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Questions

Where does the surname McNew come from?: Apparently an altered spelling of an unidentified Scottish or Irish surname. This form is not found in Britain or Ireland.
How common is the surname McNew?: 4,304 people in the United States had the surname McNew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,735 Americans. It ranked 7,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McNew?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McNew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname McNew getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,304 in 2010, down 0.4%.