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    The surname McSorley

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,788 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M264

    McSorley: #16,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McSorley #16,166, 1,788 people McSorley: #16,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McSorley #16,166, 1,788 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McSorley is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Somhairle.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,788 people named McSorley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,676 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,674.

    #16,166
    rank among US surnames
    1,788
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,942)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,157Besser1,790172,484
    #16,161Amend1,789172,580
    #16,166Hayek1,788172,676
    #16,171Macario1,787172,773

    Who is named McSorley

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

    96% of people named McSorley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McSorley

    McSorley has the Soundex code M264, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M264.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McSorley come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Somhairle.
    How common is the surname McSorley?
    1,788 people in the United States had the surname McSorley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,676 Americans. It ranked 16,166th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McSorley?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named McSorley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname McSorley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,788 in 2010, up 6.8%.