McGinty Surname

41,754th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

McGinty Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Son of Finnachta [Irish Mac Fhinnaichta (fh mute) = the Fair [Irish fi(o)nn + the double suff. or the Old [Irish fi(o)nnach + the adj. suff. -ta]

McGinty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,6361:41,9715,157
England1,9001:29,3253,953
Scotland9391:5,702930
Australia8501:31,7604,227
Ireland7851:5,999927
Canada2981:123,64312,947
Northern Ireland2201:8,3871,405
New Zealand1271:35,6566,115
Thailand521:1,358,430190,094
Wales471:65,8415,810
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
France221:3,019,215204,848
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
United Arab Emirates131:704,79025,221
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Gibraltar61:5,659991
China61:227,886,92811,701
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland7381:6,003967
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland5501:6,806971
England2771:87,9989,205
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6241:30,9233,732

McGinty (10) may also be a first name.

McGinty Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Son of Finnachta [Irish Mac Fhinnaichta (fh mute) = the Fair [Irish fi(o)nn + the double suff. or the Old [Irish fi(o)nnach + the adj. suff. -ta]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Celtic) Son of Finnachta

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) The son of Fionnachta (fair snow).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

McGinty Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name McGinty Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname McGinty is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McGinty? popularity and diffusion

The last name McGinty is the 41,754th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 583,050 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of McGinty live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. McGinty is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name in the world It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 8,636 people, or 1 in 41,971. In The United States McGinty is most common in: Texas, where 12 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States it is found in 43 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent live and Scotland, where 8 percent live.

McGinty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McGinty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McGinty last name expanded 532 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 686 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 106 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 4,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McGinty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the McGinty surname is predominantly Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States McGinty are 9.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.22% registered with the political party.

The amount McGinty earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.64% more than the national average, earning $46,446 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.46% more than the national average, earning $52,398 CAD per year.

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