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    The surname McQuinn

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,514 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M250

    McQuinn: #18,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McQuinn #18,311, 1,514 people McQuinn: #18,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McQuinn #18,311, 1,514 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McQuinn is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cuinn (“son of Conn”).

    McQuinn 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 1,514 people named McQuinn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,927 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,532.

    #18,311
    rank among US surnames
    1,514
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,087)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,306Reyez1,515203,792
    #18,311McQuinn1,514203,927
    #18,317Shakir1,513204,062

    Who is named McQuinn

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

    89% of people named McQuinn identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McQuinn

    McQuinn has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

    Other Irish surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname McQuinn come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cuinn (“son of Conn”).
    How common is the surname McQuinn?
    1,514 people in the United States had the surname McQuinn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,927 Americans. It ranked 18,311th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McQuinn?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named McQuinn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McQuinn?
    McQuinn is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McQuinn getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,514 in 2010, down 1.2%.