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    The surname McQuaid

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,515 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M230

    McQuaid: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McQuaid #12,362, 2,515 people McQuaid: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McQuaid #12,362, 2,515 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McQuaid is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uaid (“son of Uad”).

    McQuaid is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 2,515 people named McQuaid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,437.

    #12,362
    rank among US surnames
    2,515
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,770)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762
    #12,370Mikel2,514122,810

    Who is named McQuaid

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

    96% of people named McQuaid identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McQuaid

    McQuaid 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 McQuaid come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uaid (“son of Uad”).
    How common is the surname McQuaid?
    2,515 people in the United States had the surname McQuaid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. It ranked 12,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McQuaid?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McQuaid identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is McQuaid?
    McQuaid is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McQuaid getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,437 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,515 in 2010, up 3.2%.