Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname McNish

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,228 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M252

    McNish: #21,330 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McNish #21,330, 1,228 people McNish: #21,330 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McNish #21,330, 1,228 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNish is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McNeese.

    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 1,228 people named McNish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,141.

    #21,330
    rank among US surnames
    1,228
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,381)

    Who is named McNish

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

    64% of people named McNish identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like McNish

    McNish has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McNish come from?
    Variant of McNeese.
    How common is the surname McNish?
    1,228 people in the United States had the surname McNish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McNish?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named McNish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McNish getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, up 7.6%.