Explore the Family Name Mcgruder

The meaning of Mcgruder

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Grudaire, a patronymic from the occupational byname grudaire ‘brewer’.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Mcgruder held a popularity rank of 9,314 in 2000 and slightly slipped to 9,446 in 2010, marking a decrease of 1.42%. Despite this slight dip in ranking, the count of individuals with the surname Mcgruder actually increased from 3,213 in 2000 to 3,444 in 2010, showing a growth of 7.19%. The proportion of people named Mcgruder per 100,000 also experienced a marginal decline of 1.68%, moving from 1.19 in 2000 to 1.17 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#9,314	#9,446	-1.42%
Count	3,213	3,444	7.19%
Proportion per 100k	1.19	1.17	-1.68%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mcgruder

Regarding the ethnic identity connected to the Mcgruder surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the majority of individuals with this last name identified as Black, with 76.88% in 2000 decreasing slightly to 76.16% in 2010. In addition, there was a small decrease of 4.50% in those identifying as White, from 18.67% in 2000 to 17.83% in 2010. Those identifying as of two or more races saw an increase from 3.39% to 3.72%. Interestingly, the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic saw a significant leap from 0.78% in 2000 to 1.92% in 2010. In both census years, the data for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native was suppressed (S) until 2010 when it registered at 0.17% and 0.20% respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	76.88%	76.16%	-0.94%
White	18.67%	17.83%	-4.5%
Two or More Races	3.39%	3.72%	9.73%
Hispanic	0.78%	1.92%	146.15%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.2%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.17%	0%