Explore the Family Name Mcgeorge

The meaning of Mcgeorge

Scottish: variant of McAdory, omitting the definite article as Mac Deoraidh.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname McGeorge has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, McGeorge was ranked 15,005 in terms of prevalence amongst all surnames in the United States, but by 2010, it had dropped to rank 16,427. Additionally, the actual count of individuals with the McGeorge surname decreased from 1,808 in 2000 to 1,751 in 2010, marking a rate decrease of 3.15%. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people also declined by 11.94% over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,005	#16,427	-9.48%
Count	1,808	1,751	-3.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.67	0.59	-11.94%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mcgeorge

Ethnic identity distribution for the McGeorge surname also experienced some shifts during this period, according to the same Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, those identifying as White made up 90.76% of all McGeorges, but this percentage fell slightly to 88.35% by 2010. The percentages of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native both dropped to zero in 2010, down from 0.72% and 0.44% respectively in 2000. However, the proportion identifying with two or more races saw a significant increase, from 0.94% to 2.34%. Similarly, those identifying as Hispanic jumped from 0.83% in 2000 to 2.06% in 2010. Finally, the proportion of McGeorges identifying as Black rose modestly from 6.31% to 6.62% across the ten years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.76%	88.35%	-2.66%
Black	6.31%	6.62%	4.91%
Two or More Races	0.94%	2.34%	148.94%
Hispanic	0.83%	2.06%	148.19%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.72%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.44%	0%	0%