How common is the surname McQuade?

4,430 people in the United States had the surname McQuade in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,694 Americans. It ranked 7,513th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McQuade?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McQuade identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McQuade?

Arlene McQuade, American actress (1936-2014), followed by Kris McQuade.

Where is the surname McQuade most common?

Wikidata records people named McQuade in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname McQuade getting more or less common?

More common. 4,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,430 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname McQuade

An Irish surname, carried by 4,430 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McQuade is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of McQuaid.

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 4,430 people named McQuade in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,694 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,287.

#7,513

rank among US surnames

4,430

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,177)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,508	Cullum	4,435	69,616
#7,511	Seger	4,434	69,631
#7,512	More	4,432	69,663
#7,513	McQuade	4,430	69,694
#7,514	Duquette	4,429	69,710

Who is named McQuade

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

95% of people named McQuade identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McQuades

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arlene McQuade
American actress (1936-2014)
Kris McQuade
Australian actress, born 1952

Notable McQuades come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McQuade

McQuade has the Soundex code M230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M230.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McQuade come from?: Variant of McQuaid.
How common is the surname McQuade?: 4,430 people in the United States had the surname McQuade in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,694 Americans. It ranked 7,513th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McQuade?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McQuade identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McQuade?: Arlene McQuade, American actress (1936-2014), followed by Kris McQuade.
Where is the surname McQuade most common?: Wikidata records people named McQuade in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname McQuade getting more or less common?: More common. 4,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,430 in 2010, up 3.3%.