How common is the surname McNutt?

9,232 people in the United States had the surname McNutt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,443 Americans. It ranked 3,834th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McNutt?

Marcia McNutt, American geophysicist.

Where is the surname McNutt most common?

Wikidata records people named McNutt in the United States.

Is the surname McNutt getting more or less common?

More common. 9,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,232 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname McNutt

A patronymic surname, carried by 9,232 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNutt is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Mac Nuadhat (“son of Nuadha”), the name of ancient Celtic god whose whose name is of unclear origin; see Núadu. * Also as a Scottish surname, variant of McNaughton.

McNutt 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 9,232 people named McNutt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,443 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,042.

#3,834

rank among US surnames

9,232

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,613)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,825	Ruggiero	9,263	33,331
#3,826	Fitzsimmons	9,260	33,342
#3,827	Luis	9,255	33,360
#3,828	Bobo	9,254	33,363
#3,829	Rueda	9,253	33,367
#3,830	Headley	9,250	33,378
#3,831	Horst	9,245	33,396

Who is named McNutt

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

87% of people named McNutt identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McNutts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marcia McNutt
American geophysicist, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McNutt

McNutt has the Soundex code M253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M253.

Questions

Where does the surname McNutt come from?: * As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Mac Nuadhat (“son of Nuadha”), the name of ancient Celtic god whose whose name is of unclear origin; see Núadu. * Also as a Scottish surname, variant of McNaughton.
How common is the surname McNutt?: 9,232 people in the United States had the surname McNutt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,443 Americans. It ranked 3,834th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McNutt?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named McNutt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McNutt?: Marcia McNutt, American geophysicist.
Where is the surname McNutt most common?: Wikidata records people named McNutt in the United States.
What type of surname is McNutt?: McNutt is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McNutt getting more or less common?: More common. 9,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,232 in 2010, up 2.1%.