How common is the surname Meagher?

5,784 people in the United States had the surname Meagher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,379 Americans. It ranked 5,951st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Meagher?

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

Who is the most famous person named Meagher?

Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer, followed by Aileen Meagher.

Where is the surname Meagher most common?

Wikidata records people named Meagher in the United States, Canada and Australia.

Is the surname Meagher getting more or less common?

More common. 5,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,784 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Meagher

An Irish surname, carried by 5,784 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meagher is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Maher or Meager.

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 5,784 people named Meagher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,379 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,619.

#5,951

rank among US surnames

5,784

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,664)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,947	McGriff	5,789	53,333
#5,948	Tyrrell	5,788	53,342
#5,949	Sandifer	5,786	53,361
#5,951	Meagher	5,784	53,379

Who is named Meagher

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

95% of people named Meagher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Meaghers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary T. Meagher
American swimmer, born 1964
Aileen Meagher
Athletics competitor (1910-1987)
Ray Meagher
Australian actor, born 1944

Notable Meaghers come mostly from the United States (1), Canada (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meagher

Meagher 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 Meagher come from?: Variant of Maher or Meager.
How common is the surname Meagher?: 5,784 people in the United States had the surname Meagher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,379 Americans. It ranked 5,951st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meagher?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Meagher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Meagher?: Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer, followed by Aileen Meagher.
Where is the surname Meagher most common?: Wikidata records people named Meagher in the United States, Canada and Australia.
Is the surname Meagher getting more or less common?: More common. 5,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,784 in 2010, up 2.9%.