The surname McNiff
A patronymic surname, carried by 1,431 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M251
Origin
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Conduibh, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Dhubh, composed of the elements cú (“hound”) + dubh (“black”).
McNiff 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 1,431 people named McNiff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,755 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,394.
Who is named McNiff
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named McNiff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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McNiff 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 McNiff come from?
- Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Conduibh, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Dhubh, composed of the elements cú (“hound”) + dubh (“black”).
- How common is the surname McNiff?
- 1,431 people in the United States had the surname McNiff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,755 Americans. It ranked 19,027th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McNiff?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McNiff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is McNiff?
- McNiff is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname McNiff getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,394 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,431 in 2010, up 2.7%.