How common is the surname McPhillips?

1,877 people in the United States had the surname McPhillips in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,489 Americans. It ranked 15,579th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McPhillips?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McPhillips identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McPhillips getting more or less common?

More common. 1,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,877 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname McPhillips

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,877 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M214

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McPhillips is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Philib (“son of Philip”); compare McKillip.

McPhillips 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 1,877 people named McPhillips in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,489 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,770.

#15,579

rank among US surnames

1,877

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #15,252)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,571	Cannata	1,878	164,401
#15,579	Pech	1,877	164,489

Who is named McPhillips

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

96% of people named McPhillips identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Two or more races 0.6%

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 McPhillips

McPhillips has the Soundex code M214, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M214.

Questions

Where does the surname McPhillips come from?: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Philib (“son of Philip”); compare McKillip.
How common is the surname McPhillips?: 1,877 people in the United States had the surname McPhillips in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,489 Americans. It ranked 15,579th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McPhillips?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McPhillips identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is McPhillips?: McPhillips is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McPhillips getting more or less common?: More common. 1,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,877 in 2010, up 6.0%.