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    The surname McNinch

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,098 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M255

    McNinch: #23,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McNinch #23,222, 1,098 people McNinch: #23,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McNinch #23,222, 1,098 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNinch is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McAninch.

    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 1,098 people named McNinch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,189 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,079.

    #23,222
    rank among US surnames
    1,098
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #22,283)

    Who is named McNinch

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

    94% of people named McNinch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McNinch

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McNinch come from?
    Variant of McAninch.
    How common is the surname McNinch?
    1,098 people in the United States had the surname McNinch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,189 Americans. It ranked 23,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McNinch?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McNinch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname McNinch getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,098 in 2010, up 1.8%.