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    The surname McPheeters

    A Scottish Gaelic occupational surname, carried by 1,126 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M213

    McPheeters: #22,749 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McPheeters #22,749, 1,126 people McPheeters: #22,749 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McPheeters #22,749, 1,126 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McPheeters is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Pheadair (“son of the servant of (Saint) Peter”).

    McPheeters is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,126 people named McPheeters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,197 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,115.

    #22,749
    rank among US surnames
    1,126
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #21,754)

    Who is named McPheeters

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

    86% of people named McPheeters identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McPheeters

    McPheeters has the Soundex code M213, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M213.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McPheeters come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Pheadair (“son of the servant of (Saint) Peter”).
    How common is the surname McPheeters?
    1,126 people in the United States had the surname McPheeters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,197 Americans. It ranked 22,749th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McPheeters?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named McPheeters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McPheeters?
    McPheeters is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname McPheeters getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,126 in 2010, up 1.0%.