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    The surname McRoy

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,772 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M260

    McRoy: #16,273 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McRoy #16,273, 1,772 people McRoy: #16,273 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McRoy #16,273, 1,772 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McRoy is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Rúaidh (“son of Rúadh”), a byname from ruadh (“red”).

    McRoy 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 1,772 people named McRoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,720.

    #16,273
    rank among US surnames
    1,772
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #15,598)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,265Rake1,773174,137
    #16,273Layden1,772174,236

    Who is named McRoy

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

    66% of people named McRoy identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McRoy

    McRoy has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McRoy come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Rúaidh (“son of Rúadh”), a byname from ruadh (“red”).
    How common is the surname McRoy?
    1,772 people in the United States had the surname McRoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McRoy?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named McRoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McRoy?
    McRoy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McRoy getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,720 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 3.0%.