The surname McSweeney
An Irish surname, carried by 3,807 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M250
Origin
Irish origin
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Suibhne. Compare Sweeney.
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 3,807 people named McSweeney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,099 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,639.
Who is named McSweeney
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named McSweeney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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McSweeney has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McSweeney come from?
- Anglicized form of Irish Mac Suibhne. Compare Sweeney.
- How common is the surname McSweeney?
- 3,807 people in the United States had the surname McSweeney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,099 Americans. It ranked 8,639th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McSweeney?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McSweeney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname McSweeney getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,807 in 2010, up 4.6%.