Explore the Family Name Mcaninch

The meaning of Mcaninch

Irish (Antrim, of Scottish origin): variant of McInnis. Local Gaelic pronunciation of the personal name vocalized the gh and lengthened the second syllable, resulting in Anglicized forms of the surname such as this and McNeese.

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How common is the last name Mcaninch in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Mcaninch saw a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. The ranking dropped by approximately 4% from 15,269 in 2000 to 15,883 in 2010. However, the actual count of people with this surname increased by about 3.6%, from 1,767 in 2000 to 1,831 in 2010. Despite the increase in count, the proportion per 100,000 people decreased by around 6.1% over the ten years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,269	#15,883	-4.02%
Count	1,767	1,831	3.62%
Proportion per 100k	0.66	0.62	-6.06%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mcaninch

In terms of ethnic identity, also based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were a few significant changes over the decade for the surname Mcaninch. In 2000, the vast majority of people with this surname identified as White (95.76%), which slightly decreased to 93.56% by 2010. There was a notable increase in those identifying as Hispanic, from 2.09% in 2000 to 3.93% in 2010. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander slightly decreased from 0.62% to 0.60%. The percentage of people identifying with two or more races rose from 0.96% to 1.09%. Lastly, the categories of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native appeared in 2010, at 0.49% and 0.33% respectively, where they were not present in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.76%	93.56%	-2.3%
Hispanic	2.09%	3.93%	88.04%
Two or More Races	0.96%	1.09%	13.54%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.62%	0.6%	-3.23%
Black	0%	0.49%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.33%	0%