Explore the Family Name Mcgilberry

The meaning of Mcgilberry

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhearaigh ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Bearach’.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Mcgilberry" slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the Mcgilberry surname ranked 42,604 in popularity, but it slipped to 43,077 by 2010, a change of -1.11%. In terms of the count of people with this surname, however, there was a slight increase. In 2000, 479 individuals carried the name, and by 2010, the number had risen to 502, a 4.8% increase. The proportion of people named Mcgilberry per 100,000 inhabitants also dropped slightly from 0.18 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2010, a decrease of 5.56%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,604	#43,077	-1.11%
Count	479	502	4.8%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mcgilberry

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the Mcgilberry surname, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority identified as Black or White. Between 2000 and 2010, there was a minor decrease in those identifying as Black, from 58.04% to 57.37%, and a minuscule increase in those identifying as White, from 35.91% to 36.06%. There was no representation of Asian/Pacific Islander in either year. Interestingly, the census recorded a new emergence of Hispanic identification within this surname group, increasing from 0% in 2000 to 2.19% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying with two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native both decreased, with the former dropping from 1.88% to 1.59% and the latter from 3.55% to 2.79%.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	58.04%	57.37%	-1.15%
White	35.91%	36.06%	0.42%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	3.55%	2.79%	-21.41%
Hispanic	0%	2.19%	0%
Two or More Races	1.88%	1.59%	-15.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%