How common is the surname McVeigh?

2,983 people in the United States had the surname McVeigh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,502 Americans. It ranked 10,711th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McVeigh?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McVeigh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McVeigh?

Timothy McVeigh, American domestic anti-government terrorist (1968–2001), followed by Jack McVeigh.

Where is the surname McVeigh most common?

Wikidata records people named McVeigh in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname McVeigh getting more or less common?

More common. 2,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,983 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname McVeigh

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,983 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M212

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McVeigh is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McVey.

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 2,983 people named McVeigh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,502 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,935.

#10,711

rank among US surnames

2,983

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,110)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,704	Rugg	2,986	103,398
#10,706	Wardlow	2,985	103,432
#10,708	Ricard	2,984	103,467
#10,711	Shute	2,983	103,502
#10,715	Reading	2,982	103,536
#10,717	Nicoletti	2,981	103,571

Who is named McVeigh

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

95% of people named McVeigh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McVeighs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Timothy McVeigh
American domestic anti-government terrorist (1968–2001)
Jack McVeigh
Australian basketball player (born 1996)

Notable McVeighs come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McVeigh

McVey

McVeigh has the Soundex code M212, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M212.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McVeigh come from?: Variant of McVey.
How common is the surname McVeigh?: 2,983 people in the United States had the surname McVeigh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,502 Americans. It ranked 10,711th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McVeigh?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McVeigh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McVeigh?: Timothy McVeigh, American domestic anti-government terrorist (1968–2001), followed by Jack McVeigh.
Where is the surname McVeigh most common?: Wikidata records people named McVeigh in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname McVeigh getting more or less common?: More common. 2,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,983 in 2010, up 1.6%.